Intro
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[Verse]
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Along come the FFV the swiftest on the line
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Running down the C&O road just twenty minutes behind
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Running into Sou'ville headquarters on the line
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Receiving their strict orders from a station just behind
[Verse]
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Georgie's mother came to him with a bucket on her arm
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Saying my darling boy be careful how you run
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Cause many a man done lost his life trying to make lost time
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And if you run your engine right you'll make her just on time
[Verse]
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Off the road, she darted into the rocks she crashed
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The engine she lay upside down and Georgie's breast was smashed
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His head lay against the firebox door the flames were rolling high
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I'm proud to be born for an engineer on the C&O road to die
[Verse]
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Well the doctor come to Georgie my darling boy lie still
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Your life can yet be saved if it is God's blessed will
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Oh no oh no it will not do I want to die so free
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I want to die with the engine I love one hundred and forty-three
[Verse]
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The doctor said to Georgie your life cannot be saved
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Murdered out on a railroad laid in a lonesome grave
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His face was covered up with blood his eyes you know could not see
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And the very last words poor Georgie said was nearer my God to thee
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I want to die with the engine I love one hundred and forty-three
- 1. Chord Gitar Colter Wall - Engine 143 Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar F)
- 2. Ganti Chord Gitar Colter Wall - Engine 143 Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar F)
- 3. Author Lagu Andra Ramadhan