Gravy Train - UB40, Slinger

Can’t afford to miss this train

Choo choo I said the train is coming

Choo choo I said the train is coming

Another day, another dollar

Feels like every day the same

And I’ve given it the best years of my life

For someone else to ride on that Gravy Train

And I say

Here comes the Gravy Train

You can hear that whistle blowing round the bend

You can hear the sound of laughing

As the Gravy Train is passing

But that Gravy Train it won’t be stopping here

They say we’re all in this together

But it gets harder every day

And if I work for a hundred years or more

I still won’t get my seat on that Gravy Train

And I say

Here comes the Gravy Train

You can hear the whistle blowing round the bend

You can hear the sound of laughing

As the Gravy Train is passing

But that Gravy Train it won’t be stopping here

Choo choo I said the train is coming

Choo choo I said the train is coming

Choo choo I said the train is coming

Put on some garments put on me suit

Diamond socks with criss clark shoes

Haff fi call taxi cause me nah miss the train

Miss it one time say me nah miss it again

Rich man living in his castle

Poor man begging at his gate

If we can only get up

And stand up for our rights

We can send them all to hell on that Gravy Train

Ya hear that!

Here comes the Gravy Train

You can hear the whistle blowing round the bend

And the carriages are burning

Just to keep the wheels turning

But that Gravy Train is running out of steam

Here comes the Gravy Train

You can hear the whistle blowing round the bend

You can hear the sound of laughing

As the Gravy Train is passing

But that Gravy Train it won’t be stopping here

Here comes the Gravy Train

You can hear the whistle blowing round the bend

Choo Choo Choo Choo

You can hear the sound of laughing

As the Gravy Train is passing

But that Gravy Train it won’t be stopping here

Wine to the left, wine to the right

Wine up front, wine a back

Wine a go down, two time

Step on the platform, right time

Right place, right line

It coulda rain, it coulda sunshine

Train it a come, 10.45

Na miss the train, not dis yah time

Choo choo I said the train is coming

Choo choo I said the train is coming

Choo choo I said the train is coming

Choo Choo Choo Choo