Faster hammers, faster hammers
Churn and turn into my late train to my lost love
Ring away today; stick, bruise into my felt or so I felt
I found a skeleton tooth in the junk drawer
And I mean to open the folding green and white door
And take a late train to my lost love

Listen to those dead pianos, pins stuck in their hearts
Clang tap bell pedal down dead wood chipped and dull dark steel
Rattling and chattering and chilly on a damp November afternoon
On tracks 1 and 2 and 12 and 13 on that ribbon spinning
And computer colors, tick tacks on round wire
Spun steel spark on three rail thin lines

See a minor, a little girl asked if she would like
For instance some fudge
But I didn’t budge and said, 'I didn’t care
I wanted to sit and I wanted to stare'

Spin steel, tick tack on three little strings made
Three little lines made one note clunk
Three rails squeaking and sputtering d own the west side
I found a skeleton tooth in the junk drawer
And I mean to open the folding green and white door
And take a late train to my lost love, faster hammers

Chatter down the tracks, you thumb tack smiley
Skull teeth ticking 5 dollar throw away pianos past
A late train to my lost love

Spin steel, tick tack on three little strings made
Three little rails made one note clunk
Three rails squeaking and sputtering down the west side
And this ribbon spinning and computer color
Into a public transport for everyone to hear
And get on track and back to my lost love, faster hammers

Tick-tacks on round wire
Spun steel spark on three rail-thin lines
I found a skeleton tooth in the junk drawer
And I mean to open the folding green and white door
And take a late train to my lost love

Late, by act of congress and blue all the way to Forest Park
Faster hammers, we’re almost there

I’d like to tell you a story, kids
But instead I’ll change the subject
Listen to this tune that sounds like
A condolence card bought at the last minute
For someone you can’t stand for someone
You never liked and isn’t it cute?

La la la, la la la
Listen to this tune I’m playing now, kids
Does it seem sad? Does it remind you of when?