Sometimes I feel so
low-down and disgusted
Can't help but wonder what's
happenin' to my companions
Are they lost or are they found?
Have they counted the cost
it'll take to bring down
All their earthly principles
they're gonna have to abandon?
And there's a slow, slow train
comin' up around the bend
I had a woman down in Alabama
She was a backwoods girl,
but she sure was realistic
She said, "Boy, without a
doubt, have to quit your
mess and straighten out
You could die down here, be just
another accident statistic"
And there's a slow, slow train
comin' up around the bend
All that foreign oil
controlling American soil
Look around you, it's just bound
to make you embarrassed
Sheiks walkin' around like
kings, wearing fancy jewels
and nose rings
Deciding America's future from
Amsterdam and to Paris
And there's a slow, slow train
comin' up around the bend
Man's ego is inflated,
his laws are outdated,
They don't apply no more
You can't rely no more to
be standin' around waitin'
In the home of the brave,
Jefferson turnin' over
in his grave
Fools glorifying themselves,
trying to manipulate Satan
And there's a slow, slow train
comin' up around the bend
Big-time negotiators, false
healers and woman haters
Masters of the bluff and
masters of the proposition
But the enemy I see
wears a cloak of decency
All non-believers and
men-stealers talkin' in
the name of religion
And there's a slow, slow train
comin' up around the bend
People starving and thirsting,
grain elevators are bursting
You know that it costs
more to store the food
than it do to give it
They say lose your inhibitions,
follow your own ambitions
They talk about a life of
brotherly love Show me someone
who knows how to live it
And there's a slow, slow train
comin' up around the bend
Well, my baby went to Illinois
with some bad-talkin' boy
she could destroy
A real suicide case,
but there was nothin'
I could do to stop it
I don't care about economy,
I don't care about astronomy
But it sure do bother me
to see my loved ones
turning into puppets
And there's a slow, slow train
comin' up around the bend
slow train, there's
a slow train comin'
slow train, there's
a slow train comin'
slow train, there's
a slow train comin'
