Steam & Steel

I was born - Age of steam and steel
When Northerns had - Four pair driving wheels
And they ran -  Sweet Kentucky coal
Shovel hard - Faster you would roll
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Flew left seat -Connie Super G
Yup, PIC – Back in ' 53
With four recips- She’d fly good on three
High and safe -  Over angry seas
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Motorcy-Cle I called Black Bart
Built it up -- Vin and Indian parts
Monster mill - Real hard to kick start
Not for weak - Nor the faint of heart
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And so now - A new century
But I like the - Way things used to be
People read - Real magazines
Rockets fueled - By Hydrazine
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No paddle shifts -Just three on the tree
No cell nor text - Just dial rotary
Took pics on film - That you would buy
No Photoshop - To make them all lie.



REFRAIN

Welcome to anthem of ancient gears
Lots of years, blood, sweat and tears
Cos the faster you go
The more time does slow
Hey, Einstein said so