Princess Of The Night

Album: Denim And Leather (1981)
Charted: 57
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  • She used to be an iron horse
    Twenty years ago
    Used to bring the mail to me
    Through the ice and snow
    I've sat alone and watched her
    Steaming through the night
    Ninety tons of thunder
    Lighting up the sky

    She was a princess of the night
    I saw the writing on the wall
    She was a princess of the night
    I take a ride across the sky

    Speeding, sparks like lightning
    Engine working hard
    Furnace on the foot plate
    Shining in the night
    Iron striking metal
    The sound of racing steel
    It's all I ever want to hear
    It's music to my ears

    She was a princess of the night
    I saw the writing on the wall
    She was a princess of the night
    I take a ride across the sky

    She was a princess of the night
    I saw the writing on the wall
    She was a princess of the night
    I take a ride across the sky

    Ninety tons of thunder
    Lighting up the sky
    Steaming red hot pistons
    See the wheels flash by
    Hear the whistle blowing
    Streaking down the track
    If I ever had my way
    I'd bring the princess back one day

    She was a princess of the night
    I saw the writing on the wall
    She was a princess of the night
    I take a ride across the sky
    (sky, sky, sky) Writer/s: GRAHAM OLIVER, PAUL QUINN, PETER FRANCIS GILL, PETERY ROONEY BYFORD, STEPHEN DAWSON
    Publisher: CARLIN AMERICA INC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Dan Gillespy from Courtenay BcA classic English metal song about a train.
  • What from HellReally. A f--king groupie. Bringing the mail through ice and snow. 90 tons of thunder. You going to tell me people thought this was about a groupie.
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