100,000 Tons Of Steel Lyrics - Grateful Dead

I know these rails we're on like I know my lady's smile, 

We see a dozen dreams in every passing mile. 

Can't begin to count the trips she and I have made, 

But I wish I had a dollar for each time we've both been down this grade. 

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And a hundred thousand tons of steel, made to roll. 

The brakes don't work and this grade's too steep, her engine's sure to blow. 

And a hundred thousand tons of steel, out of control, 

She's more a roller coaster than the train I used to know. 

It's one hell of an understatement, to say she can't be beat. 

She's temperamental, more a bitch than a machine. 

She wasn't built to travel at speed or through mud slides. 

These wheels are bound to jump the tracks before they burn like the ties 

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Murphy sure out done himself to pick this stretch of track 

I can only hope my luck is ridin' in the back. 

Well I have pray to god this ain't the day we meet, 

I've done about everything, but try dragging my feet. 

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Oh, oh I want to go down slow.