Paroles de Jim Blake's Message

Jim Blake your wife is dying Went over the wires tonight The message was brought to the depot By a lad all trembling with fright He entered the office crying His face was terribly white Send this message to dad and his engine Mother is dying tonight In something less than an hour Jim's message back to me flew Tell wife I'll be there at midnight I'm praying for her too I left my son in the office Took the message to Jim's wife There I found the dying woman Was scarce of breath and life O'er hill and dale and valley Thunders the heavy train His engine is sobbing and throbbing And under a terrible strain But Jim hangs onto his throttle Guiding her crazy flight And his voice cries out in the darkness God speed the express tonight I telephoned the doctor How is Jim's wife I asked About the hour of midnight Is long as she can last In something less than an hour The train will be along But here I have a message Oh god there is something wrong The message reads disaster The train is in the ditch The engineer is dying Derailed by an open switch And there is another message To Jim's wife it is addressed I'll meet you at midnight in heaven Wait for the fast express