Last Rider

Album: Word Of Mouth (2014)
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  • A sign is made, the words are said
    A flower falls to the ground
    The vows are quick and the steam is thick
    From the scrapper's yard he's bound
    The love we see his fiery church
    Come rolling, climbing from the hills
    We proudly see his engine beam
    As he stokes, smokes with his freewill
    On a rocky ridge and an iron bridge
    He hurdles through the town
    Oh, he can see his spot from miles away
    As he rattles underground
    He makes no pause at the tunnel's jaws
    Stone silence, his only fear
    In the dark alone, his furnace glows
    And the crackles at the sound he hears

    The last miner, can you hear him cry?
    The last miner, can you hear him cry?
    The last miner, can you hear him cry?
    As he's rushing, racing down the line

    Long ago, deep thunder's arm
    At Devil's speed he flies
    Affronting to the spitting sea
    Like a bird his whistle cries
    And it thrills his blood as he leaps along
    And it scatters and he turns to face the storm
    For those whirling wills of straining stills
    Throw sparks and they flicker in the dawn

    The last miner, can you hear him cry?
    The last miner, can you hear him cry?
    The last miner, can you hear him cry?
    As he's rushing, racing down the line

    Can you hear the bell of a sweet fair welcome
    Ringing through the night?
    One final yawn with his foggy breath
    And he breaks from where he stands
    His heavy deed of fading steam
    Well, it spits and stares into his eyes
    And the lasting thought of this mighty force
    Then he steps turns to wave goodbye
    Goodbye, goodbye, yeah
    Goodbye

    The last miner, can you hear him cry?
    The last miner, can you hear him cry?
    The last miner, can you hear him cry?
    As he's rushing, racing down the line Writer/s: Daniel Goddard, Seth Lakeman
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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