Hugo Grayling - Steam Wheels Lyrics

Steam wheels
Turn that river over and down
Turn that fertile crescent out
The earth as a pinwheel star
Drink a cup of coffee in a hospital bar
Got to get back to the river today
No broken leg/infection gonna stand in my way
Steam wheels
Gonna get carried away

Just a stone
Sinking in the old folks' home
Nobody gonna pin a star on my coat
Nobody gonna let me back on my boat
Nobody knows
The river just froze

Steam wheels
The purple of Phoenicia in the murex shell
The drafty declaration of the Liberty Bell
Life as a railroad train
Dynamite China slip the spice to the brain
Nomadic desperation gonna make me explain
Steam wheels
The past tense produces the pain

Just a stone
Sinking in the old folks home
Nobody gonna pass me folded notes
They'll never let a drop of whiskey down my throat
Nobody knows
The river just froze