I wanna share a tale with you about am'rican dream
when all the railroads were right on time and our nation ran on steam
Behind the track and the railroad tyres a hero took command
of connecting every town and he was called the railroad man, The railroad maaaan
The railroad maaaan, can you take me to San Fran
Can you take me down to Tennessee and across the Rio Grande
Can you take me up mount everest and then to disneyland
Can you get me there on time, oh can you do it? the railroad man
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Uhh, guys?
- Sorry, that song's just too damn catchy
They called him that because he built the railroads and was male
And they called them railroads cause they were like roads, except with rails
His eyes, they say, were made of coal
His toes were railroad spikes
His train's at seven stars on Yelp
And a billion facebook likes
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That's right a billion.
- What happened next?
He laid up all the track you see, hooked up the USA
And he could've kept on going if not for that faithfull day
These two weird fellows came to town and invented human flight
They called their ship an aeroplane and themselves the brothers Wright, the brothers Wriiiiight
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They said: Our planes can transfer man without the need for rail
Your industry is dying and your dreams going to fail
So pull up your slacks and pack your tracks and get on out of the town
We don't need steam or steel beams to get ourselves around
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Two Wrights don't make a right, mmh dang if that ain't wrong
Hey that lyric ain't that bad, I hope it ends up in a song
If god intended man to fly, we'd be born in a flock
Those Wright brothers and their flight machine can go and suck a cock
Those Wright brothers can sniff my biff, they can give my ass a smell
They can lick my shaft, fore to aft and their plane can burn in hell
Excuse the language folks but that's what the Railroad Man said. His fucking words.
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The Wright brothers they challenged him they said: you think you're great?
Can your steam train do a loopdyloop, without loosing their freight?
And if you do it we'll leave town and we won't ever come back
But if you fail, you can take your rail and shove it up your crack
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Naww, the hell with you Wright Brothers, the sky's for birds!
-And the ground's for turds, and you sir are the latter word.
The railroad maaaan, can you rise to their command
Can your train do a loopdyloop, can they do it all on land
Wilbur's talking smack about your track, Orville's railing on your rails
Can you kick their ass with steaming brass, and even still nail, the railroad man
Say, that was a pretty good train-sition! Huh, anyway
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The railroad man he spent a month loopin up his track
Then he gattered up the townsfolk and he told 'em to stand back
The train it started chuggin and the looptyloop drew near
The train it was America, its freight our hopes and fear
and everyone watched in silence, you could hear a needle drop
The train it went straight up the loop and right onto the top
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The railroad man was finished
He knew he had his run
The airplane beat him fair and square
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But before he died he wrote a note for anyone that flies
He wrote it all in railroads so we can read it from the sky
So take a look there down below, written in the land
You'll see the final dying words of the railroad man!
Outro
the railroad maaaaan
the railroad maaaaan
the railroad maaaaan
the railroad maaaaan
Damn you Wright Brothers!?