we are climbing   jacob's ladder   we are climbing    jacob's ladder   out of these boxcars   and out of these chambers   out of the bed where we lay   with ten strangers   we are climbing    jacob's ladder   we are climbing   on jacob, jacob's ladder      it's a fish white belly   a lump in my throat   razor on the wire   skin and bone   piss and blood   in a railroad car   one hundred 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 now   this train   yeah      measure the bones   count the face   pull out the teeth   did you get them all?    do you belong   to the human race   doctor doctor   are you unkind   do you shock the monkeys   cover our eyes   with clear blue skies         ah   this train is bound for glory   ah   this train is bound for glory   ah   this train is bound for glory now   ah ah   this train      here is a dancer   who has no legs   here is a teacher   who has no face   here is a healer   who has no hands   here is a runner   who has no feet   here is a thinker   who has no head   here is a builder   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 it carried your mothers   this train is bound for glory   this train it, it carried your fathers   this train is bound for glory now   this train it, it carried your sisters   this train   this train it, it carried your brothers   (here is a teacher)    this train it, it carried my sisters   (here is a writer)    this train it, it carried my brother   (here is a thinker)    this train is    this train is bound for glory      these are the questions    stacked like wood   these are the answers   here is potential   and it's gone for good