Doctor Diamond--Trains belated

Richard Romeo richardromeo at hotmail.com
Thu Jun 3 11:50:44 CDT 1999


Been listening to King Crimson's _Great Deceiver_ box set lately--this song 
lyrics rang a bell. it's brazen, it's sad, it's loud, its scary, it changes, 
all w/i 5 minutes.
(slothrop on vocal?)

Doctor Diamond

[Fast singing]

I'm the driver of an underground train
This world to me is all the same,
The houses run along inside,
down here below,
Gonna drive my train to hell,
and not a soul will know!

I'm the driver of an underground train.
Many who wear the memory, the legends of my name,
Nobody says a single word,
falling from an open eye,
he looked at me in the face,
and he made a fatal sign.

[Ballad]

I am the driver of an underground train.
Lonely nights can't bother me,
far away from wind and rain.
I come upon the station lights,
with a mighty rushing sound.
Through this foray, for the private life, I drive around.

[Syncopated part]

I'm the driver of an underground train.
Climb aboard, just climb aboard.
Your loss is my eternal gain.
Squeeze your precious body in,
before I quickly close the door.
Climb in, let’s all be dark.
Your life is mine, my life is yours!

rich


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