I hear the roar of a big machine   Two worlds and in between   Hot metal and methedrine   I hear a empire down   I hear a empire down      I hear the roar of a big machine   Two worlds and in between   Love lost, fire at will   Dum-dum bullets and shoot to kill   I hear dive bombers   And empire down, and empire down      I hear the sons of the city and dispossessed   Get down, get undressed   Get pretty but you and me   We got the kingdom, we got the key      We got the empire, now as then   We don't doubt, we don't take direction   Lucretia, my reflection   Dance the ghost with me      We look hard, we look through   We look hard to see for real   Such things I hear, they don't make sense   I don't see much evidence   I don't feel, I don't feel, like I don't feel      A long, long, long, long train   A long, long, long, long train      A long train held up by page on page   A hard reign held up by rage   Once a railroad, now it's done      I hear the roar of a big machine   Two worlds and in between   Hot metal and methedrine   I hear a empire down      We got the empire, now as then   We don't doubt, we don't take reflection   Lucretia, my direction   Dance the ghost with me      Lucretia, my direction   Lucretia, my direction   Lucretia, my direction   Lucretia, my direction   Lucretia, my direction