Steel Machines

Got a steel machine runnin with a man in hand
 Wheels turn faster than his head can stand
 Got that rare elixer, got that devil's eye
 Drowning ears never heard the other cry
 Too old to live and too young to die
 Too old to live and too young to die
 Ohhh-oh-ohhh-oh
 You never can give it all
 Ohhh-oh-ohhh-oh
 The steel machines are there to break your fall
 Got a steel machine runnin, gonna bear the wait
 Hours no faster when the pain is great
 Can't leave unless you play the game
 Clip the fuse and hold back the rain
 But the message always reads the same
 But the message always reads the same
 Ohhh-oh-ohhh-oh
 You never can give it all
 Ohhh-oh-ohhh-oh
 The steel machines are there to break your fall
 Been 21 days since I saw the man
 Cut him wide open, have to dig again
 Seeing what he took, and what the other gave
 Still proud to call himself a slave
 You don't get to buy yourself a grave
 You don't get to buy yourself a grave
 Ohhh-oh-ohhh-oh
 You never can give it all
 Ohhh-oh-ohhh-oh
 The steel machines are there to break your fall
 Ohhh-oh-ohhh-oh
 You never can give it all
 Ohhh-oh-ohhh-oh
 The steel machines are there to break your fall
 Hold me darlin', hold me tight. Tell me everything will be alright
 Hold me darlin', hold me tight. Tell me everything will be alright
 Hold me darlin', hold me tight. Tell me everything will be alright
 Hold me darlin', hold me tight. Tell me everything will be alright
 Hold me darlin', hold me tight. Tell me everything will be alright
 Hold me darlin', hold me tight. Tell me everything will be alright
 Hold me darlin', hold me tight. Tell me everything will be alright
 Hold me darlin', hold me tight. Tell me everything will be alright