Beat The Machine Lyrics - El Astronauta - Quaker City Nighthawks

Took down my coat and I put it on 

Cold hands through the sleeves 

Pulled down my hat and I rode along 

Silent ice in the trees 

I rode right past all the soldiers there 

Guarding the bridge cross the creek 

The lonesome sound of my bridle bells 

Their mad chattering teeth 

Oh oh you can't get what you need 

Oh oh you can't beat the machine 

I rode three days through the howling rain 

Towards the kingdoms in the East 

I heard that great dog of winter there 

Call through the darkness to me 

He asked how long til the war would come to him 

I said not til the spring 

He said those fools can never take the crown 

But it's still up to you and me 

Oh oh you can't get what you need 

Oh oh you can't beat the machine 

Famines rage while the withered sages point their fingers at the beast 

This war machine and all the death it brings crushing bodies underneath 

The wheels of hate unburied soldiers lay under flags out in the street 

The final age of the human race but it's still up to you and me 

Oh oh you can't get what you need 

Oh oh you can't beat the machine