In the shuffling madness   Of the locomotive breath   Runs the all time loser   Headlong to his death      Oh, he feels the piston scraping   Steam breaking on his brow      Old Charlie stole the handle   And the train, it won't stop going   No way to slow down   Oh, oh      He sees his children jumping off   At stations one by one   His woman and his best friend   In bed an' having fun      Oh, he's crawling down the corridor   On his hands and knees      Old Charlie stole the handle   And the train, it won't stop going   No way to slow down   Yeah, yeah      He hears the silence howling   And catches angels as they fall   And the all time winner   Has got him by the balls      Oh, he picks up Gideon's Bible   Open at page one      I thank God, he stole the handle   And the train, it won't stop going   No way to slow down      No way to slow down   No way to slow down   No way to slow down   No way to slow down   No way to slow down