Mason Jennings - Empire Builder lyrics

All day, every day

I swing my hammer to the metal on the northern railway

always a movie playing in my head

a million moves starring you and me

Moonshine everynight

eating supper by the fire out in the clear moonlight

ankles crossed, hands behind my head

telling stories singin songs about the west

I'm always thinking of you

staring off down the railroad line

one sweet day

I will see you

but I'll swing the hammer until

the empire builder brings me home

Two months and two hard weeks

sometimes days go by in which nobody speaks

Illinois, Washington, there ain't nothing but the hammer to the rail

one day when this track runs through

I'm gonna buy a new suit and come looking for you

carefree you and me we'll take an empire builder to the sea

I'm always thinking of you

staring off down the railroad line

one sweet day

I will see you

but I'll swing the hammer until

the empire builder brings me home