I need to feel redeemed
I'm going sideways down,
An ever-winding road
With an ever unbinding load,
Of a one-track mind,
Of a love that's lost somehow,
Of a flashing sign,
I'm under the wire now

Under the wire,
I'm a train down the line
Nothing left to lose or gain,
But distance over time
Under the wire,
Over all that we've been through
Tell me what to do to get to you

I need to feel the breeze,
Of a new day's dawn
I need to be released,
From the cold steel rail I'm on
Shake the love for a woman
Break the emotion overdrive
Take the train to oblivion,
At the crossing of our lives

Under the wire,
I'm a train down the line
Nothing left to lose or gain,
But distance over time
Under the wire,
Over all that we've been through
Tell me what to do to get to you

I need to feel redeemed
I wear my heart on a grimy sleeve
I bear the pressure of oil and moving steam
Unaware of my gaining speed
I'm prepared to move ahead, take the lead

Under the wire,
I'm a train down the line
With nothing left to lose or gain,
But distance over time
Under the wire,
Over all that we've been through
Tell me what to do to get to you

I am a steel freight train
I am a train wreck, hauling back to you