Million Dead - Engine Driver lyrics

When I grow up I want to be An engine driver I'll build up My own head of steam - Twenty-five horsepower Old hands, new power More miles per hour - Strange light In the ancient mills New sights for old eyes Giant leaps under small skies - A sense of d**h in the hills But when I pull off I don't want to Follow time tables Or tracks I will cut New paths through Topsoil and tarmac Old hands, new power More miles per hour - Strange light In the ancient mills New sights for old eyes Giant leaps under small skies - A sense of d**h in the hills The only thing that I will leave behind A simple trail - Two stark parallel lines That cut their way away Across the land Which our children will preserve But won't understand Understand