Slow Train / License to Kill

Sometimes I feel so low-down and disgusted I can't help but wonder What's happening to my companions? Are they lost? Are they found? Have they counted the cost it'd take to bring down All the earthly principles they're gonna have to abandon? And there's a slow (slow) slow train comin' (train) Up 'round the bend (comin') I had a woman down in Alabama She was a back-woods girl, but she sure was realistic She said, "Boy, without a doubt Have to quit your mess and straighten out You could die down here Be just another accident statistic" 'Cause there's a slow (slow) Slow train comin' (train) Up around the bend (comin') A slow train comin' When my baby went to Illinois With some bad-talkin' boy she could destroy A real suicide case, but there was nothin' I could do to stop it I don't care about economy I don't care about astronomy But it sure do bother me to see my loved ones turnin' into puppets (oh) 'Cause there's a slow (slow) Slow train comin' (train) Up around the bend (comin') A slow train comin' There's a slow (slow) Slow train comin' (train) Up around the bend (comin') A slow train comin' There's a woman (slow) On my block (train) She just sit there (slow) As the light grows dim (train) She said, "Who's gonna take away his license to kill?" Now they take him And they teach him And they groom him for life And they set him on a path Where he's bound to kill, hey And they bury him with stars Sell his body like they do used cars There's a woman (slow) On my block (train) She just sit there (slow) Facin' the hill (train) She said, "Who's gonna take away his license to kill?" You may be a noisemaker, spiritmaker, heartbreaker, mapmaker Leave no stone unturned May be an actor in a plot That might be all that you got Till you're whatever you clearly learned There's a slow (slow) Slow train comin' (train) Up around the bend (comin') Slow train comin' There's a slow (slow) Slow train comin' (train) Up around the bend (comin') Slow train comin' There's a slow, there's a slow (slow) There's a slow, there's a slow train comin' Slow train comin' There's a slow (slow) Slow train comin' (train) Up around the bend (comin') A slow train comin'