THERE'S A SPANISH
TRAIN THAT RUNS
BETWEEN
GUADALQUIVIR
AND OLD SAVILLE
AND AT DEAD OF NIGHT
THE WHISTLE BLOWS
AND PEOPLE HEAR
SHE'S RUNNING
STILL
AND THEN THEY
HUSH THEIR
CHILDREN BACK
TO SLEEP
LOCK THE DOORS
UPSTAIRS THEY CREEP
FOR IT IS SAID THAT
THE SOULS OF THE DEAD
FILL THAT TRAIN TEN
THOUSAND DEEP
WELL A RAILWAYMAN
LAY DYING
WITH HIS PEOPLE BY
HIS SIDE
HIS FAMILY WERE
CRYING KNELT
IN PRAYER BEFORE
HE DIED
BUT ABOVE HIS BED JUST
A-WAITING FOR THE DEAD
WAS THE DEVIL WITH
A TWINKLE IN HIS EYE
WELL GOD'S NOT
AROUND AND LOOK
WHAT I'VE FOUND
THIS ONE'S MINE
JUST THEN THE LORD
HIMSELF APPEARED
IN A BLINDING FLASH
OF LIGHT
AND SHOUTED AT
THE DEVIL GET THEE
HENCE TO ENDLESS
NIGHT
BUT THE DEVIL
JUST GRINNED
AND SAID I MAY
HAVE SINNED
BUT THERE'S NO NEED
TO PUSH ME AROUND
I GOT HIM FIRST SO YOU
CAN DO YOUR WORST
HE'S GOING UNDERGROUND
BUT I THINK I'LL GIVE YOU
ONE MORE CHANCE
SAID THE DEVIL
WITH A SMILE
SO THROW AWAY
THAT STUPID LANCE
IT'S REALLY NOT
YOUR STYLE
JOKER IS THE NAME
POKER IS THE GAME
WE'LL PLAY RIGHT
HERE ON THIS BED
AND THEN WE'LL BET
FOR THE BIGGEST
STAKES YET
THE SOULS OF THE DEAD
AND I SAID LOOK OUT LORD
HE'S GOING TO WIN
THE SUN IS DOWN AND THE
NIGHT IS RIDING IN
THAT TRAIN IS DEAD ON
TIME MANY SOULS
ARE ON THE LINE
OH LORD HE'S
GOING TO WIN
WELL THE RAILWAYMAN
HE CUT THE CARDS
AND HE DEALT THEM
EACH A HAND OF FIVE
AND FOR THE LORD HE
WAS PRAYING HARD
FOR THAT TRAIN HE'D
HAD TO DRIVE
WELL THE DEVIL HE HAD
THREE ACES AND A KING
AND THE LORD HE WAS
RUNNING FOR A STRAIGHT
HE HAD THE QUEEN AND
THE KNAVE AND NINE
AND TEN OF SPADES
ALL HE NEEDED
WAS THE EIGHT
AND THEN THE
LORD HE
CALLED FOR ONE
MORE CARD
BUT HE DREW THE
DIAMOND EIGHT
AND THE DEVIL SAID TO
THE SON OF GOD
I BELIEVE YOU'VE
GOT IT STRAIGHT
SO DEAL ME ONE FOR
THE TIME HAS COME
TO SEE WHO'LL BE THE
KING OF THIS PLACE
BUT AS HE SPOKE FROM
BENEATH HIS CLOAK
HE SLIPPED ANOTHER ACE
TEN THOUSAND SOULS
WAS THE OPENING BID
AND IT SOON WENT
UP TO FIFTY-NINE
BUT THE LORD DIDN'T
SEE WHAT THE DEVIL DID
AND HE SAID THAT
SUITS ME FINE
I'LL RAISE YOU HIGH TO
A HUNDRED AND FIVE
AND FOREVER PUT AN
END TO YOUR SINS
BUT THE DEVIL
LET OUT
A MIGHTY SHOUT
MY HAND WINS
AND I SAID LORD OH
LORD YOU LET HIM WIN
THE SUN IS DOWN AND
THE NIGHT IS RIDING IN
THAT TRAIN IS DEAD ON
TIME MANY SOULS
ARE ON THE LINE
OH LORD DON'T
LET HIM WIN
WELL THAT SPANISH TRAIN
STILL RUNS BETWEEN
GUADALQUIVIR AND
OLD SAVILLE
AND AT DEAD OF NIGHT
THE WHISTLE BLOWS
AND PEOPLE FEAR
SHE'S RUNNING STILL
AND FAR AWAY IN
SOME RECESS
THE LORD AND
THE DEVIL
ARE NOW PLAYING
CHESS
THE DEVIL STILL
CHEATS
AND WINS MORE SOULS
AND AS FOR THE
LORD WELL
HE'S JUST DOING HIS BEST
AND I SAID LORD OH LORD
YOU'VE GOT TO WIN
THE SUN IS DOWN AND
THE NIGHT IS RIDING IN
THAT TRAIN IS
STILL ON TIME
OH MY SOUL IS
ON THE LINE
OH LORD YOU'VE
GOT TO WIN