Green All The Way

[Verse 1]
Well it won’t be long before the steams all gone
Green all the way
And number 9’s will soon be moving on
Green
And they say we’re only working for today
The ends not very far away

[Verse 2]
For many a long year where we showed them how
Green all the way
But a diesel pulls the wagons now
Green
And they say to me as down the line they roll
“We don’t need you to shovel coal”

[Verse 3]
When the rail cars speed on the Lincoln run
Green all the way
The [?] rest in the evening sun
Green
And thе gray of smoke is drifting on the air
But they’rе not going anywhere

[Verse 4]
So to the heat and the dust I’ll bid farewell
Green all the way
For a death trap cab and the diesel smell
Green
And the way things are a smash there’s bound to be
They won’t find very much of me

[Verse 5]
So when the deltics roar up the northern line
Green all the way
Just spare a thought for the good old time
Green
And the days of fire and steam are nearly done
They won’t be rising with the sun