(Verse 1) Well, I asked the preacher 'bout the fire in the sky He said "Son, that's just a star a-learnin' how to die." I asked the doctor 'bout the fire in my veins He said "That's just old star-ash, fallin' down as rain." (Chorus) Oh, I'm walkin' the cold iron line From the furnace to the mine It's the last stable thing that the heavens designed And it's beat in my heart, and it's bent and it's mine On this cold iron line. (Verse 2) I swung a hammer on the railroad steel Felt the ghost of a sun 'neath the arc and the wheel The sparks that flew were a dying sun's song Said "You're buildin' your prison where you know you belong." (Chorus) Oh, I'm walkin' the cold iron line From the furnace to the mine It's the last stable thing that the heavens designed And it's beat in my heart, and it's bent and it's mine On this cold iron line. (Bridge) They talk of freedom like a river that flows But every river to the ocean goes And the ocean's bed is iron and rust And in the end, stable is all you can trust. (Verse 3) So I'll take my trophy from the cosmic crime Not a gold cup, but the dust of time A meteorite heart, a forged, stubborn will To sit by the river, and be stable and still. (Outro Chorus, fading) Just walkin' the cold... iron... line... The last stable thing... that the heavens designed... And it's beat in my heart... and it's bent and it's mine...
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