Hah!
Shaped for speed, strong on the wing
The sketches and designs were made
Frames were laid by hand-picked men
Working every hour they had
To build the fire, to make the engine
Blows are struck to forge the steel
So she can fly
The road is clear and words remain unsaid
He walks the high wire
With the engines and men of the line
He sees love, he sees hope
He sees everything that they are
The need to fly far
(He sees love) Love, hmm, ohh
Men as giants, hammers falling, the works' own heartbeat
Furnace stacks with black smoke rising, steal the clean air
"Here she comes"
Joe and Tommy on the plate
Their caps are worn in racing style
Elbows jutting from the cab
Working every hour they had
To build the fire, to drive the engine
Looking to the road ahead
There was a lonely voice
And it spoke these words:
"Run hard as you like
For the engines and men of the line"
He sees love, he sees hope
He sees everything that they are
The need to fly far
He sees love
La-la-la, la-la-la, ooh
Men as giants feed the engine, build the fire from cold
Coal and water, fire and steam to drive the pistons home
He sees love
They ran south, working up the bank
Past the upturned faces of the platelayers
She starts to take her wing
She jumps to it like a living thing (Ah, like a living thing)
Made for speed and in full cry
They gave her the road (Ah!)
And she holds to the line
Church bells call a beat along the track
She burns with the substance of the land
Racing through the circling lines
A rocket in blue at two miles a minute (Ah!)
Embers stream along her sides
From this far away now (Ah-ah)
She flies with them into sky (Sky)
Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, oh-oh-oh-oh
Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh
Into history
And into legend
She flies
