The Charlie Daniels Band - Can't Beat The Damned Old Machine lyrics

I met an old cowboy From Long Pine, Nebraska He was starin' out after a slow movin' train The station was empty, and we got to talkin' He poured out his heart to me in the rain He said, “Son, I remember the wide open prairies When all a man could carry was all he would own But they branded the land with titles and fences And built up the cities where the free men once roamed I rode with the best and we opened the West Been places that few eyes have seen When you're out there, in time, you just get left behind 'Cause you can't beat the damned ole machine The words that he told me were cold as a tombstone They cut to the bone and I prayed he was wrong But I've heard it said ever since I was a small child That cowboys and engines just don't get along And you can't beat the damned ole machine You can try, but you'll never succeed And now there ain't no room for people like me 'Cause you can't beat the damned ole machine No, you can't beat the damned ole machine You can try, but you'll never succeed And now there ain't no room for people like me, no more And you can't beat the damned ole You can't beat that damned ole You can't beat the damned ole machine