A Train Robbery

The foreman touched the cold steel lines
 The rail bed was frozen with ice
 In the distance an engine was keeping good time
 The steam whistle moaned just twice
 Down in the cut past the old Tressel bridge
 Twelve fine horses stood
 Masked men shivered in the cold on the ridge
 Not far from the Glendale woods
 The brass lamp shone from the swaying train
 When the driver saw the red light
 Her iron brakes sparked like silver rain
 And the metals screamed through the night
 The baggage man peered out to look for the fault
 When fear froze up his heart
 He was staring down the barrel of an army colt
 That threatened to tear him apart
 We will burn your train to cinders
 So throw the money on down
 Open up your damned express car
 And jump down to the ground
 But we won't touch that old woman
 [Incomprehensible] and they claimed
 They ain't offered no reward
 For Frank and Jesse James
 Frank and Jesse James
 In long soldier's coats frayed with the years
 Quickly they scrambled aboard
 Men were the sweatin' and the women shed tears
 And a preacher prayed to the Lord
 When they opened the safe there was nothing for them
 So they strode down through the train
 What a miserable sight these desperate men
 Robbin' old folks for their gold, watch, chains
 We will burn your train to cinders
 So throw the money on down
 Open up your damned express car
 And jump down to the ground
 But we won't touch that old woman
 [Incomprehensible] and they claimed
 They ain't offered no reward
 For Frank and Jesse James
 Frank and Jesse James
 Now some say the devil had taken his soul
 Some say his spirit survived
 But we all know he was nothin' but a Missouri farm boy
 Just fighting to stay alive
 High above that railroad bed
 On a ridge where the pines grow tall
 If you listen to the wind, there's a ghost of a chance
 You can still hear old Jesse call
 We will burn your train to cinders
 So throw the money on down
 Open up your damned express car
 And jump down to the ground
 But we won't touch that old woman
 [Incomprehensible] and they claimed
 They ain't offered no reward
 For Frank and Jesse James
 For Frank and Jesse James