Ffv (trad.) Lyrics - Townes Van Zandt

Well, along come the FFV the swiftest on the line 

Running long the C&O road 20 min behind 

Running in the Subhill Headquaters on the line 

Receivin' their strict orders from a station just behind 

Well, Georgie's mother come to him with a bucket on her arm 

Saying my darlin' boy be careful how you run 

Well, it's many a man has lost his life in trying to make lost time 

But if you run your engine right you'll make it just on time 

Aw, but off of the road she darted and into the rocks she crashed 

Well the engine she laid upside down and Georgie's breast was smashed 

Well his head lay against the firebox door and the flames were rolling high 

Well I'm proud to be born for an engineer on the C&O road to die 

Well, the doctor come to Georgie my darlin' boy be still 

Well, your life can yet be saved if it is god's bless it will 

Oh, no, no, it will not do, I wanna fly so free 

Well I wanna die with the engine I love a hundred forty three