Slow Train

Sometimes I feel so low-down and disgusted
 Can't help but wonder what's happenin' to my companions?
 Are they lost or are they found, have they counted the cost it'll take to bring down
 All their earthly principles they're gonna have to abandon?
 And there's a slow, slow train comin' up around the bend
 I had a woman down in Alabama
 She was a backwoods girl, but she sure was realistic
 She said, "Boy, without a doubt, have to quit your mess and straighten out"
 "You could die down here, be just another accident statistic."
 And there's a slow, slow train comin' up around the bend (there's a slow train comin')
 All that foreign oil controlling American soil
 Look around you, it's just bound to make you embarrassed
 Sheiks walkin' around like kings, wearing fancy jewels and nose rings
 Deciding America's future from Amsterdam and to Paris
 And there's a slow, slow train comin' up around the bend
 Man's ego is inflated, his laws are outdated, they don't apply no more
 You can't rely no more to be standin' around waitin'
 In the home of the brave, Jefferson turnin' over in his grave
 Fools glorifying themselves, trying to manipulate Satan
 And there's a slow, slow train comin' up around the bend
 Big-time negotiators, false healers and woman haters
 Masters of the bluff and masters of the proposition
 But the enemy I see wears a cloak of decency
 All non-believers and men stealers talkin' in the name of religion
 And there's a slow, slow train comin' up around the bend
 People starving and thirsting, grain elevators are bursting
 Oh, you know it costs more to store the food than it do to give it
 They say lose your inhibitions, follow your own ambitions
 They talk about a life of brotherly love, show me someone who knows how to live it?
 There's a slow, slow train comin' up around the bend
 Well, my baby went to Illinois with some bad-talkin' boy she could destroy
 A real suicide case, but there was nothin' I could do to stop it
 I don't care about economy, I don't care about astronomy
 But it sure do bother me to see my loved ones turning into puppets
 And there's a slow, slow train comin' up around the bend
 (Up around the bend)