Got a steel machine runnin with a man in hand Wheels turn faster than his head can stand Got that rare elixer, got that devil's eye Drowning ears never heard the other cry Too old to live and too young to die Too old to live and too young to die Ohhh-oh-ohhh-oh You never can give it all Ohhh-oh-ohhh-oh The steel machines are there to break your fall Got a steel machine runnin, gonna bear the wait Hours no faster when the pain is great Can't leave unless you play the game Clip the fuse and hold back the rain But the message always reads the same But the message always reads the same Ohhh-oh-ohhh-oh You never can give it all Ohhh-oh-ohhh-oh The steel machines are there to break your fall Been 21 days since I saw the man Cut him wide open, have to dig again Seeing what he took, and what the other gave Still proud to call himself a slave You don't get to buy yourself a grave You don't get to buy yourself a grave Ohhh-oh-ohhh-oh You never can give it all Ohhh-oh-ohhh-oh The steel machines are there to break your fall Ohhh-oh-ohhh-oh You never can give it all Ohhh-oh-ohhh-oh The steel machines are there to break your fall Hold me darlin', hold me tight. Tell me everything will be alright Hold me darlin', hold me tight. Tell me everything will be alright Hold me darlin', hold me tight. Tell me everything will be alright Hold me darlin', hold me tight. Tell me everything will be alright Hold me darlin', hold me tight. Tell me everything will be alright Hold me darlin', hold me tight. Tell me everything will be alright Hold me darlin', hold me tight. Tell me everything will be alright Hold me darlin', hold me tight. Tell me everything will be alright