l engine, big lump of green, Rods on the outside, machinery seen. Boiler full pressure, couplers in line, Fifty tons minimum - now we're talkin' fine. But somebody says, "There's no railway in space." Catch yerself on. We'll build one. [Chorus | Group Response | Heavy Bass] I like big trains that roll through the sky Put thon green engine in the midnight sky. Steam power? (AYE!) Old electric? (AYE!) Big wheels? (AYE!) Intergalactic? (AYE!) Fifty tons? That's barely begun Stick more wagons on — we're heading for the sun. [Dub Cut | Bass Only | Echo Throws] Big train... Train... Train... [Verse 2 | Reggae Groove | Playful] Pere Marquette twelve-twenty-five, Two-eight-four and orbital drive. Berkshire rods and a boiler aglow, Past the moon at a sensible go. Flying Kipper? Send her through. Frozen space fish? Aye, that'll do. Travelling Post Office, sorting the mail, Mars by Tuesday - assuming the rail. Henry rolls past in his proper green, Cleanest wee engine I've ever seen. Then malachite shines under Saturn's rings - Ach. Beautiful things. [Melodica Solo | Organ Bubble | Dub Echo] [Call Response | Horn Stabs | Stop-Time] Steam in space? (AYE!) Rail on Mars? (AYE!) Green locomotive? (AYE!) Among the stars? (AYE!) Caboose behind? (AYE!) More freight? (AYE!) Another ten wagons? (AYE!) Add the weight! Handcar? (NO!) Rocket handcar? (NO!) Zero-gravity handcar? CATCH YERSELF ON! [Chorus | Full Band | Group Response] I like big trains that roll through the sky Put thon green engine in the midnight sky. Steam power? (AYE!) Old electric? (AYE!) Big wheels? (AYE!) Intergalactic? (AYE!) Fifty tons? That's barely begun Stick more wagons on — we're heading for the sun. Green... [Verse 3 | Toasting Flow | Sparse Groove] Now modern space trains? Too smooth for me. One button starts them - where's the machinery? No rods. No gauges. No enormous valve. How am I meant to admire it myself? Give me brass, give me steel, give me something with mass. If it doesn't shake the moon, then I'll give it a pass. Thon wee rover? That's grand for the ground. But where's the locomotive that rattles space around? I want Jupiter saying, "What WAS that noise?" Just me and the engine, me and the boys. [Instrumental Break | Horn Solo | Bass Improvisation] [Bridge | Half-Time Dub | Spoken] Control says: "You're carrying too much weight." Aye? How much? "Four hundred tons." ... Add another coach. [Final Chorus | Maximum Dub | Crowd] I like big trains that roll through the sky Heavy old traction through the galaxy sky. Big steam engine? (AYE - DEAD ON!) Green electric? (AYE - DEAD ON!) Twenty coaches? (STICK 'EM ON!) Caboose behind? (KEEP IT COMIN'!) Moon starts shaking? That's all right. Saturn hears us before we're in sight. Steam? (AYE!) Green? (AYE!) Heavy? (AYE!) Mair? (AYE!) How much tonnage? ALL OF IT! [Dub Outro | Melodica | Echo Fade] Next stop... Mars... Mars... Mars... Then Belfast. Probably.
