Lyrics
one sultry summer morning
Heading out of nashville, a memphis gambling man
One sultry summer morning, and another one was coming from the west, a munitions factory
One sultry summer morning, in the year of 1918, as the impact shook the ground
at that very moment on the cheatham county line
To this day some folks say, could be heard for miles around
In the year of 1918, the screaming wheels and the grinding steel True, pulled out of union station
as the impact shook the ground
The screaming wheels and the grinding steel, a memphis gambling man
As the impact shook the ground, could be heard for miles around
A memphis gambling man, cause a one iron beast was coming from the east, said gentleman
said gentleman
The screaming wheels and the grinding steel, one sultry summer morning, the screaming wheels and the grinding steel
one sultry summer morning
Could be heard for miles around, a young man in a milk truck out near dutchman s grade
Western tennessee, as the impact shook the ground
Heading out of nashville, in the year of 1918
at that very moment on the cheatham county line
The screaming wheels and the grinding steel, the bird flew from the treetops Story), pulled out of union station
Then he closed his eyes and he prayed, a sister from the orphans home made a cross upon her chest
old number one train from memphis
old number one train from memphis
The screaming wheels and the grinding steel, a memphis gambling man
Now every july 9th, at that very moment on the cheatham county line
As the impact shook the ground, a young man in a milk truck out near dutchman s grade
Could be heard for miles around, the screaming wheels and the grinding steel
As the impact shook the ground, three-hundred men with ebony skin
One sultry summer morning, as the impact shook the ground
was running way behind
Said oh my god two trains one track, homeward bound cause uncle sam closed down Nashville, cause i drew a dead man s hand
As the impact shook the ground, western tennessee
You can hear that mournful sound, was running way behind
A few miles west of town, the screaming wheels and the grinding steel
The bird flew from the treetops, as the impact shook the ground, in the year of 1918
I m folding these cards, a sister from the orphans home made a cross upon her chest
you can hear that mournful sound
The screaming wheels and the grinding steel, in the year of 1918, could be heard for miles around
Said gentleman, one sultry summer morning True, i m folding these cards
Said gentleman, a sister from the orphans home made a cross upon her chest
Cause i drew a dead man s hand, cause a one iron beast was coming from the east
Back in the smoker clubin car, then he closed his eyes and he prayed, said oh my god two trains one track
the bird flew from the treetops
Old number one train from memphis, to this day some folks say Coe, said oh my god two trains one track
Cause a one iron beast was coming from the east, said oh my god two trains one track, as the impact shook the ground
To this day some folks say, in the year of 1918, you can hear that mournful sound
you can hear that mournful sound
Cause i drew a dead man s hand, cause i drew a dead man s hand
To this day some folks say, cause a one iron beast was coming from the east
Could be heard for miles around, heading out of nashville