| Roll on through to the other side of town. | |
| Passed the quarry, the river beds, over bridges and bunker sheds. | |
| Roll on through to the pits and the rail car yard. | |
| "This is where you prove your worth." | |
| A brother's dare, that devil's smirk. | |
| "Oh, this is the way it will always be." | |
| A kid brother in the shadows of a cold heart's legacy. | |
| "Oh, this is where we see who runs first. It's you and me and the train. The steel tracks and the dirt. Oh, you can never live up to me." | |
| And so he stood trembling, waiting for smoke above the trees. | |
| Roll on through. He could feel it rumbling, he could feel it beneath his feet. Roll on through. | |
| "Closer now, hold your ground. steadfast, ignore the sound." | |
| Everything went quiet just before the rush took over his head. | |
| The pull and the push of the engine, think back with the coal and the steam. | |
| The racing thoughts, the questions, the adolescent rivalry. | |
| And with a nod from the elder, the younger's fear topples over. | |
| Over rails and over timber. "That's no dodge, you fucking coward." | |
| And the train rolls on. "Yellow-belly go home." and the train rolls on. |
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