Songs for a New World - The Steam Train lyrics

You don't know me, but you will Let me introduce myself Submitted for your approval A picture of basketball The man with the muscle And the man with the moves Submitted for your approval The man who's too fast to fall The man who can hustle And the man who can fly Who always is hot When it's time for the shot ‘Cause at any time you want me at all Any rhyme or reason Brother, I'm the brother you call to play Spring or summer Winter or fall Any time or season Catch the boy who's moving the ball away It's called a steam train Coming down the track Better watch your step Better watch your back Can't you see the shadow Fast and black And the steam train's rolling by Steam train chuggin' down the hill If you don't move now then you never will He's on your tail and he's in for the k** Then the steam train's rolling by . . . Listen, I have got my hands on the wheel Someone's got to see us Taking all the train's got to steal away Watch me as I sign up a deal With Nike and Adidas All the world is starting to feel the waves From the steam train coming down the track Better watch your step Better watch your back Better keep your eyeballs open, Jack When the steam train's rolling by Steam train chuggin' down the hill If you want to live Better don't stand still He's on the move And he's in for the k** And the steam train's rolling by You don't know me. The last time I saw my father I was five years old He hadn't been home for two months. He came into the Apartment at 3 o'clock in the morning, set fire to the drapes and carpets And then woke up me and my sister, carried us outside Then walked away while we watched the house burn down You don't know me, but you will A new world just across the river A new world where I'll have it all A new world just around the corner Here it comes Here it comes . . . You don't know me. There were 12 boys in my 5th grade cla** at Sojourner Truth 4 of them are in jail, 6 of them are dead, and Gordon Conners works at Twin Donut on 125th Street You don't know me, but you will