who ll work the assembly line who ll pull the freight on time who ll work the all night haul who ll explain it all when the wheels don t move bigger chariots didn t save rome easy money didn t stay at home they said the iron horse would always roam who ll tell the children when the wheels don t move man s power over nature hubris and greed let the fossil fuels burn no way to keep the wings in flight when the turbine engines don t move going green a casino catch phrase ethanol s made of smoke and mirrors who makes the decision to feed the tanks and not the mouths when the wheels don t move when the wheels don t move red planet as salvation divine hope turns to depredation who ll be left to make that station devoid of god and nation we trust the wheels don t move when wheels don t move when the wheels don t move when the wheels don t move