Sometimes I feel so low-down and disgusted

Can't help but wonder what's happenin' to my companions

Are they lost or are they found?

Have they counted the cost it'll take to bring down?

All their earthly principles they're gonna have to abandon

And there's a slow, slow train comin' up around the bend I had a woman down in Alabama

She was a backwoods girl, but she sure was realistic

She said, "Boy, without a doubt

Have to quit your mess and straighten out

You could die down here, be just another accident statistic"

And there's a slow, slow train comin' up around the bend All that foreign oil controlling American soil

Look around you, it's just bound to make you embarrassed

Sheiks walkin' around like kings, wearing fancy jewels and nose rings

Deciding America's future from Amsterdam and to Paris

And there's a slow, slow train comin' up around the bend Man's ego is inflated, his laws are outdated, they don't apply no more

You can't rely no more to be standin' around waitin'

In the home of the brave, Jefferson turnin' over in his grave

Fools glorifying themselves, trying to manipulate Satan

And there's a slow, slow train comin' up around the bend Big-time negotiators, false healers and woman haters

Masters of the bluff and masters of the proposition

But the enemy I see wears a cloak of decency

All non-believers and men stealers talkin' in the name of religion

And there's a slow, there's a slow train comin' up around the bend People starving and thirsting, grain elevators are bursting

Oh, you know it costs more to store the food than it do to give it

They say, "Lose your inhibitions, follow your own ambitions"

They talk about a life of brotherly love

Show me someone who knows how to live it

There's a slow, slow train comin' up around the bend Well, my baby went to Illinois

With some bad-talkin' boy she could destroy

A real suicide case, but there was nothin' I could do to stop it

I don't care about economy, I don't care about astronomy

But it sure does bother me to see my loved ones turnin' into puppets

And there's a slow, slow train comin' up around the bend