Got a steel machine runnin with a man in hand
Wheels turn faster than his head can stand
Got that rare elixer, got that devil's eye
Drowning ears never heard the other cry
Too old to live and too young to die
Too old to live and too young to die
Ohhh-oh-ohhh-oh
You never can give it all
Ohhh-oh-ohhh-oh
The steel machines are there to break your fall
Got a steel machine runnin, gonna bear the wait
Hours no faster when the pain is great
Can't leave unless you play the game
Clip the fuse and hold back the rain
But the message always reads the same
But the message always reads the same
Ohhh-oh-ohhh-oh
You never can give it all
Ohhh-oh-ohhh-oh
The steel machines are there to break your fall
Been 21 days since I saw the man
Cut him wide open, have to dig again
Seeing what he took, and what the other gave
Still proud to call himself a slave
You don't get to buy yourself a grave
You don't get to buy yourself a grave
Ohhh-oh-ohhh-oh
You never can give it all
Ohhh-oh-ohhh-oh
The steel machines are there to break your fall
Ohhh-oh-ohhh-oh
You never can give it all
Ohhh-oh-ohhh-oh
The steel machines are there to break your fall
Hold me darlin', hold me tight. Tell me everything will be alright
Hold me darlin', hold me tight. Tell me everything will be alright
Hold me darlin', hold me tight. Tell me everything will be alright
Hold me darlin', hold me tight. Tell me everything will be alright
Hold me darlin', hold me tight. Tell me everything will be alright
Hold me darlin', hold me tight. Tell me everything will be alright
Hold me darlin', hold me tight. Tell me everything will be alright
Hold me darlin', hold me tight. Tell me everything will be alright