[00:00.00]时代音乐网 www.78497.com  [00:00.28]A stranger lying on a barroom floor [00:08.53]Had drank so much he could drink no more [00:12.45]And so he fell asleep when a troubled brain [00:17.94]To dream that he rode on that downbound train [00:27.42]The engine was blood, it was sweaty and damp [00:30.36]And brilliantly lit with a brimstone lamp [00:33.24]And the imps for fuel was shoveling bones [00:36.87]While the furnace rang with a thousand groans [00:43.98]The boiler was filled with lager beer [00:50.80]The devil himself was the engineer [00:53.62]The passengers were mostly motley crew [00:59.14]Some were foreigners and others he knew [01:01.99]Rich men in broadcloth, beggars in rags [01:04.87]Handsome, young ladies and wicked old hags [01:12.64]As the train rushed on at a terrible pace [01:15.79]Sulphuric fumes scorched their hands and face [01:21.36]Wider and wider the country grew [01:24.09]Faster and faster the engine flew [01:26.88]Louder and louder the thunder crashed [01:29.64]Brighter and brighter the lightning flashed [01:37.78]Hotter and hotter the air became [01:40.39]'Til their clothes were burned with each quivering refrain [01:48.30]Then out of the distance there came a yell [01:51.06]"Ha-ha, " said the devil, "We're nearing home" [01:56.68]Oh, how the passengers shrieked with pain [01:59.20]They begged old satin to stop that train [02:02.56]The stranger awoke with an anguished cry [02:07.62]His clothes wet with sweat and his hair standing high [02:13.71]He fell on his knees on the bar room floor [02:16.35]And prayed a prayer like never before [02:23.74]And the prayers and vows were not in vain [02:28.64]For he never rode that downbound train