rabbit fled best guess toward home fox bear toward yellowstone walrus north to the border towns peacock swayed like a reed on the fence a while as the policemens nets came down word of the crash had spread fast and spread far from clarks fork to blackfoot reservoir more grist for the malady mill shepherd the southwest wind railspikes ripped like the seam of a wineskin shepherd the northwest rain brass hat slept at the helm of that woeful train aint it an awful shame and dont it just break your heart to hear of so much to hear of so much pain casey jones walked slow to the prison cell his face held hard as a scallop shell conductor well i wish i wished you well but your last friend on earth now calls from the silent side of the cemetery walls your great cause to the moths and the rust elephant its the laws of cause and effect that you criticize but sir criticize them you must im clearly not as handsome or caring as what you seem to want but id gladly walk you home cause those streets can be dangerous shepherd the southwest wind railspikes ripped like the seam of a wineskin shepherd the northwest rain frog switch slipped and that reckless beast is to blame aint it an awful shame and dont it just break your heart to hear of so much pain aint it an awful shame don t it just break your heart don t it just break your heart don t it break your heart 