In the shuffling madness Of the locomotive breath Runs the all time loser Headlong to his death And he feels the piston scrapin' Steam breakin' on his brow Old Charlie stole the handle And the train, it won't stop goin' No way to slow down, oh He sees his children jumpin' off At stations one by one His woman and his best friend In bed and havin' fun And he's crawlin' down the corridor On his hands and knees Old Charlie stole that handle And the train, it won't stop goin' No way to slow down, oh No way to slow down He hears the silence howlin' When he catches angels as they fall And the all time winner Has got him by the balls And he picks up Gideon's Bible And it's open at page one I think God, he stole the handle And the train, it won't stop goin' No way to slow down, oh No way to slow down, oh No way to slow down, oh 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 No way to slow down No way to slow down