2018 Encores! Off-Center Concert Songs for a New World the Musical - The Steam Train Lyrics
"The Steam Train" was written by Jason Robert Brown, performed by Mykal Kilgore.
MAN 1 (spoken) You don't know me, but you will. Let me introduce myself.
(sings) Submitted for your approval The future of basketball The man with the muscle And the man with the moves
Submitted for your approval The man who's too fast to fall The man who can hustle And the man who can fly Who always is hot When it's time for the shot
Listen Any time you want me at all Any rhyme or reason- Brother, I'm the brother you call to play Spring or summer, winter or fall Any time or season- Catch the boy who's movin' the ball away - He's called the
Steam Train, comin' down the track Better watch your step, better watch your back 'Cause you'll see a shadow, fast and black Then the Steam Train's rollin' by Steam Train, chuggin' down the hill If you don't move now, then you never will He's on your tail and he's in for the kill Then the Steam Train's rollin' by...
WOMAN 2 He's better than Magic Johnson!
MAN 2 The man is all talk, no action!
WOMAN 1 I love how he holds the ball!
MAN 1 My subjects arrive!
MAN 2, WOMAN 1, & WOMAN 2 The Train's got the talent
MAN 2 But without the technique
WOMAN 1, WOMAN 2, & MAN 1 Toot, toot, here comes the Ssss...
WOMAN 1 & WOMAN 2 Steam Train...
MAN 1 & MAN 2 I'm takin' on Michael Jordan! Got nothin' on Michael Jordan! He's ridin' it for a fall!
WOMAN 2 Gonna score it!
WOMAN 1 Lord, I'm fallin' for the Steam Train
MAN 1 Yeah, yeah, yeah...
WOMAN 2 The Train's gonna make it To the top of the sky!
MAN 2 Any team'll Pass him right by
MAN 2, WOMAN 1, & WOMAN 2 Prepare for attack When the Train's on the track!
MAN 1 Listen I have got my hands on the wheel
ALL Someone's got to lead us Takin' on the Train's gonna seal your fate!
MAN 1 Watch me as I line up a deal With Nike and Adidas
ALL All the world is starting To feel the weight of the Steam Train, comin' down the track! Better watch your step, better watch your back!
MAN 1 Better keep your eyeballs open, Jack!
ALL When the Steam Train's rollin' by Steam Train, chuggin' down the hill
MAN 1 If you want to live, baby, don't stand still!
ALL He's on the move and he's in for the kill Then the Steam Train's rollin' by...
MAN 1 (spoken) You don't know me. The last time I saw my father, I was five years old. He hadn't been home for two months. He came into the apartment at three o clock in the morning, set fire to the drapes and carpets and then woke up me and my sister, carried us outside and walked away while we watched the building burn down. You don't know me. But you will.
(sings) A new world. Oo... Just across the river. Oo...
COMPANY Just across the river, there's
ALL A new world Where I'll have it all! Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah A new world Just around the corner- Hear it call! Hear it call!
COMPANY Steam Train gotta run, gotta move, gotta blow Gotta leave the Bronx behind him! He knows all he's needin' To know to fly (he gonna fly!) Steam Train, he got places to go- No one ever find him!
MAN 1 & COMPANY Steam Train movin' on with the show- Goodbye! Goodbye! Look out, here comes the
Steam Train, comin' down the track! Better watch your step, better watch your back 'Cause you'll see a shadow, fast and black Then the Steam Train's rollin' by... Steam Train, chuggin' down the hill! If you don't move now, then you never will! He's on your tail and he's in for the kill Then the Steam Train's rollin' Steam Train's rollin' Steam Train's rollin' by...
MAN 1 (spoken) You don't know me. There were twelve boys in my fifth grade class at Sojourner Truth. Four of them are in jail, six of them are dead, And Gordon Connors works at Twin Donut on 125th Street.
You don't know me... But you will.
Other Songs: Songs for a New World the Musical Lyrics The Steam Train lyrics from Songs for a New World the Musical
Songs for a New World the Musical Lyrics
Opening: The New World On the Deck of a Spanish Sailing Ship, 1492 Just One Step I'm Not Afraid of Anything The River Won't Flow Stars and the Moon She Cries The Steam Train The World Was Dancing Surabaya-Santa Christmas Lullaby King of the World I'd Give It All for You The Flagmaker, 1775 Flying Home Hear My Song
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