Steel and Steam

[Verse] Highballin' down the tracks, with a whistle's lonely wail, A mighty F40PH haulin' cargo and mail, Roarin' through the cornfields, past the barns and the farms, A diesel heart a-beatin' in this iron horse's arms. [Verse 2] She was built to keep on rollin', through the storm and the night, With a fire in her belly, burnin' diesel bright, From city lights to county roads, she'd never lose her way, Headin' down the line, she wouldn't delay. [Chorus] Steel and steam, rollin' through my dream, That diesel beast, she's more than she seems, Steel and steam, hear that whistle scream, Drivin' through the dark, powered by my heart's gleam. [Verse 3] Engineers and conductors, they know her inside out, Every bolt and rivet, they cherish, there's no doubt, She carries all their hopes, on her metal spine, Clockin' in the hours, down the endless line. [Verse 4] In the twilight hours, she glistens 'neath the moon, The rhythm of her rails play a lonesome tune, Small towns pass like whispers, etched in memory, Their stories blend with hers, rollin' endlessly. [Chorus] Steel and steam, rollin' through my dream, That diesel beast, she's more than she seems, Steel and steam, hear that whistle scream, Drivin' through the dark, powered by my heart's gleam.