Hot Rails to Hell
Blue Öyster Cult * Track #3 On Tyranny and Mutation
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Hot Rails to Hell by Blue Öyster Cult
Release Date
Performed by
Blue Öyster CultProduced by
Sandy PearlmanWrited by
Joe BouchardAbout
“Hot Rails to Hell” was Tyranny and Mutation’s first and unique single. The song is musically an awesome and original 70’s hard rock song.
The lyrics were written by Joe Bouchard, inspired by a subway ride he took with BÖC’s cover design artist for their first two albums, Bill Gawlik. Gawlik was ch...
Hot Rails to Hell Lyrics
[Verse 1: Joe Bouchard]
Riding the underground, swimming in sweat
A rumble above and below
Hey, cop, don't you know the heat's on alright
The hot summer day didn't quit for the night
[Chorus: Joe Bouchard]
1277 express to heaven
Speeding along like dynamite
1277 express to heaven
Rumbles the steel like a dogfight
[Post-Chorus: Joe Bouchard]
You caught me in a spell
Trying to leave, but you know darn well
The heat from below can burn your eyes out
[Verse 2: Joe Bouchard]
Blackened out eyes scratched on the wall
Stoned outlooks from the crowd
The king will not know, on the wall, it was said
The flash of his cards was sprayed with red
[Chorus: Joe Bouchard]
1277 express to heaven
Speeding along like dynamite
1277 express to heaven
Rumbles the steel like a dogfight
[Post-Chorus: Joe Bouchard]
You caught me in a spell
Trying to leave but you know darn well
The heat from below can burn your eyes out
[Guitar Solo]
[Bridge: Joe Bouchard]
1277 express to...
1277 express to...
[Chorus: Joe Bouchard]
1277 express to heaven
Speeding along like dynamite
1277 express to heaven
Rumbles the steel like a dogfight
[Post-Chorus: Joe Bouchard]
You caught me in a spell
Trying to leave but you know darn well
The heat from below can burn, yeah, burn!
Your eyes out, your eyes out
[Outro: Joe Bouchard]
Your eyes out!
Out! Out! Out! Out!
Out! Out! Out! Out!
Hot Rails to Hell Q&A
Who wrote Hot Rails to Hell's ?
Hot Rails to Hell was written by Joe Bouchard.
Who produced Hot Rails to Hell's ?
Hot Rails to Hell was produced by Sandy Pearlman.
When did Blue Öyster Cult release Hot Rails to Hell?
Blue Öyster Cult released Hot Rails to Hell on Sun Feb 11 1973.
What did Blue Öyster Cult say about "Hot Rails to Hell"?
l was a title that Sandy Pearlman suggested. I sang and played it with BÖC, but I always wanted to be doing a better song. For years “Hot Rails” stuck as my song to sing live. When I first heard the demo to the song “Hot Time in Hell,” I said this is great. The song that was actually written by my f...