The Engineer-Ian Anderson

[ti:The Engineer] [ar:Ian Anderson] [al:Homo Erraticus] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Engineer (工程师) - Ian Anderson [00:08.03]All along the new straight track we [00:10.83]Plough the old fields under [00:12.81] [00:14.33]Seven good feet and a quarter inch [00:16.75]Broad rails to steal the thunder [00:18.94] [00:20.43]100 picks in 36 sent navvies to meet their maker [00:25.13] [00:26.95]As black Box Tunnel worms its way [00:29.52]Past the Company undertaker [00:31.92] [00:33.17]Hard cast in iron that engineer: [00:36.16]God bless Isambard [00:37.80] [00:39.94]Piston-scraping furnace-busting [00:42.42]Plays the winning card [00:44.23] [00:48.78]Rain Steam Speed at Maidenhead [00:51.09]Turner's vision wide [00:53.70] [00:54.91]Over bridges girders hot-driven [00:57.22] [00:57.80]Rivets safely guide [00:59.43] [01:01.74]Passenger wagons from Paddington [01:03.47] [01:04.01]To Bristol's briny blue [01:05.76] [01:07.64]On to break the waves with a thousand [01:09.79]Horses turn the churning screw [01:12.14] [01:14.01]Hard cast in iron that engineer: [01:16.77]God bless Isambard [01:19.17] [01:20.77]Piston-scraping furnace-busting [01:23.28]Plays the winning card [01:25.18] [01:50.52]But those bonnie lads from way oop [01:52.82]North had to have the final laugh: [01:55.16] [01:57.10]The ripe new age was the standard [01:59.55]Gauge four foot eight and a half [02:02.11] [02:03.50]And rolling out across all Europe [02:05.70]Across the mad bad Empire world [02:07.92] [02:09.57]Came the age of steam and the engines [02:11.64]Roaring bold brazen Jack unfurled [02:14.10] [02:16.39]Arching palaces at Praed Street [02:18.77]Stand lofty and serene; [02:20.72] [02:22.76]Home to their maker and his last two [02:24.72]Miles to sleepy Kensal Green [02:30.15] [02:33.88]Hard cast in iron that engineer: [02:36.95]God bless Isambard [02:38.48] [02:40.62]Piston-scraping furnace-busting [02:43.03]Plays the winning card [02:44.91] [02:46.76]Hard cast in iron that engineer: [02:49.39]God bless Isambard [02:51.20] [02:53.19]Piston-scraping furnace-busting [02:55.79]Plays the winning card