The Hammer's Glow

Verse 1

Steel on steel and a hammer's ring

The rails roll out like rivers of iron

Every mile a promise that the morning brings

Something new to build on the horizon line

Pre-Chorus

The whistle blows and the sparks fly high

Nothing stands still when the world says why

Chorus

Progress keeps rolling

No rest for the road

Every wheel keeps turning

Carrying the load

Progress keeps rolling

On and on we go

Chasing the future in the hammer's glow

Verse 2

Fields turn to factories by the break of day

Sparks dance bright where the tall grass grew

I trade my boots for a different way

And watch the skyline paint itself anew

Pre-Chorus

The whistle blows and the sparks fly high

Nothing stands still when the world says why

Chorus

Progress keeps rolling

No rest for the road

Every wheel keeps turning

Carrying the load

Progress keeps rolling

On and on we go

Chasing the future in the hammer's glow

Bridge

They say the past is a photograph

But the future is a train

I'll ride it till the engine fades

And build it up again