It's a fish white belly   A lump in the throat   Razor on the wire   Skin and bone   Piss and blood   In a railroad car, 100 people   Gypsies queers   And David's Star      This train is bound for glory   This train is bound for glory   This train is bound for glory   (This train)      Measure the bones   Count the face   Pull out the teeth   Do you belong   To the human race   Doctor doctor are you unkind?   Do you shock the monkeys?   Cover our eyes with clear blue skies      This train is bound for glory   This train is bound for glory   This train is bound for glory now   This train      Here is a dancer   Who has no legs   Here is a healer   (Here is a teacher)   Who has no face   (Who has no hands)   Here is a runner   (Who has no feet)      Here is a thinker   (Here is a builder)   Who has no head   (Who has no back)   Here is a writer   (Who has no voice)   These are the questions   (These are the answers)   Stacked like wood      This train is bound for glory   This train is bound for glory   This train is bound for glory now   This train      This train is bound for glory   (This train gonna carry my mother)   This train is bound for glory   (This train gonna carry my father)   This train is bound for glory now   (This train gonna carry my sister)   This train   (This train gonna carry my brother)      (Here is a teacher)   (Stacked like wood)   This train gonna carry my sister   (Here is a healer)   (Stacked like wood)   This train gonna carry my brother   (This is a builder)   This train gonna carry my sister   (Gypsies queers and David's Star)   This train is   This train is bound for glory      These are the questions   Stacked like wood   These are the answers   Here is potential gone for good