When The Wheels Don't Move Lyrics - American Central Dust - Son Volt

Who'll work the assembly line? 

Who'll pull the freight on time? 

Who'll work the all night haul? 

Who'll explain it all when the wheels don't move? 

Bigger chariots didn't save Rome 

Easy money didn't stay at home 

They said the iron horse would always roam 

Who'll tell the children when the wheels don't move? 

Man's power over nature 

Hubris and greed let the fossil fuels burn 

No way to keep the wings in flight 

When the turbine engines don't move 

Going green a casino catch phrase 

Ethanol's made of smoke and mirrors 

Who makes the decision to feed the tanks 

And not the mouths when the wheels don't move? 

When the wheels don't move 

Red planet as salvation 

Divine hope turns to depredation 

Who'll be left to make that station? 

Devoid of God and nation we trust 

The wheels don't move 

When wheels don't move 

When the wheels don't move 

When the wheels don't move