Coal Train Raga
first an oil trainlonger than a mile
then a coal train
wider than your smile
both going north
both bringing warmth
I wish you were here baby
for my coal train blues
rumbling by
longer than a mile
first an oil train
then
a coal train
going fast baby
pounding the rails baby
both bringing warmth baby
I wish you were here baby
for my jazzed up blues
lullaby baby
it’s a lullaby baby
those trains rumbling by
bringing some warmth baby
both bringing warmth baby
I wish you here baby
playing your blues
those more pious living in the East
believing water springs for their own good
demanding from us who live out West
some sober sacrifice be made like youth…
that we should sacrifice children to their god
to profit warren buffet routing coal trains past
our borders of commonsense oil trains too
that sometimes explode traveling too fast…
a mile of best coal from Wyoming stripped
on its way to China for our climate suicide
we sold our coal for a song and a dance
at the stock exchange bell at risk of a knell
technology that could save us we hesitate to give
afraid their AI will out doom our own
we'll let our AI advance with a watermark to show
its status acclaimed as the world's best liar
first an oil train
longer than a mile
then a coal train
wider than your smile
both going north
both bringing warmth
I wish you were here baby
for my coal train blues
rumbling by
longer than a mile
first an oil train
then
a coal train
going fast baby
pounding the rails baby
both bringing warmth baby
I wish you were here baby
for my jazzed up blues
lullaby baby
it’s a lullaby baby
those trains rumbling by
bringing some warmth baby
both bringing warmth baby
I wish you here baby
playing your blues
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