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Starlight Express soundtrack lyrics (1984 Original London Cast) Disc1

song listing: Starlight Express Lyrics

Overture

Rolling Stock

Call Me Rusty

Lotta Locomotion

Pumping Iron

Freight

AC/DC

He Whistled at Me

Race

There's Me

Poppa's Blues

Belle the Slepping Car

Starlight Express


Starlight Express (1984 Original London Cast) Disc1 soundtrack lyrics -- Overture


Overture: Control

This is Control, this is Control
All trains hear this, all trains hear this
All trains to racing mode, all trains to racing mode
Tonight is race night, tonight is race night
All change, all change, all change


Starlight Express (1984 Original London Cast) Disc1 soundtrack lyrics -- Rolling Stock


Rolling Stock: Greaseball and the Gang

I'm just the fastest thing you'll ever see
That streak of lightning you just missed was me
Don't stop now, you gotta keep it going all night
Rolling Stock
Rolling Stock
You got no lovers if you got no wheels
Come on and heat me up the way you do
And I can keep it going longer than you
Don't stop now, you gotta keep it going all night

Don't try to show you can go faster than me
This is my back view and it's all you'll see
Don't stop now, you gotta keep it going all night
Rolling stock
We're rolling stock
Rolling stock
We're rolling stock

So get the motion in your wheels somehow
The racing actions starting here and now
Don't stop now, you gotta keep it going all night
Deep down inside you know that I am the best
So come on baby, put me to the test
Don't stop now, you gotta keep it going all night
Rolling stock
We're rolling stock
Rolling stock
We're rolling stock
Rolling stock
We're rolling stock


Starlight Express (1984 Original London Cast) Disc1 soundtrack lyrics -- Call Me Rusty


Taunting Rusty: Rusty, Greaseball, Greaseball's Gang

Rusty:
Woo woo, woo woo, nobody can do it like a steam train
Gang:
It's Rusty - split, hide
Greaseball:
Out of the way
Anyone can do it to a steam train
Rusty:
Woo woo, woo woo, nobody can do it like a steam train
Gang:
You going in for the race, steam train? Should do
Nobody can do it like a steam train
Greaseball:
Who can do it like a steam train?
Gang:
He said nobody, so he's nobody
Hi, nobody
Nobody
Steam train
That'll teach you to show some respect for diesel
'Cos diesel's gonna win it
Okay, Rusty?
Greaseball:
Okay, steam train?
Gang:
Okay, Rusty?

Call Me Rusty: Rusty, Coaches

Rusty:
Call me Rusty if you like
Rusty's how I look and Rusty's my name
Slow corrosion is eroding my frame
Call me Rusty if you like
Call me Rusty if you must
It isn't nice but I admit that it fits
For a dead end engine falling to bits
Call me Rusty if you like
Coaches:
Come on Rusty, come on Rusty, come on Rusty
Rusty:
This is not the dream I dreamed when they first lit my fire
Mainline coaches streamed behind as my steam rose higher
Switching and hitching at everyone's call
Never occurred in my vision at all
But when they start the racing and you notice the steam
You know it's me that's moving on
And proving you should listen to your dream
Call me Rusty if you dare
'Cos when you see me on the finishing line
And when I take the place that's rightfully mine
Call me Rusty if you dare
Coaches:
Listen to this big shot talking he seems to imply
All the trains will just move over and let him by
Pearl:
Rusty you can not believe all that stuff
Coaches:
You mustn't go racing you're not tough enough
You'll either be a hundred miles away at the back
Or worse they'll find you scattered in a million Rusty pieces round the track
Rusty:
Call me Rusty if you dare
'Cos when you see me on the finishing line
And when I take the place that's rightfully mine
Call me Rusty
Coaches:
Hello Rusty, good boy Rusty, hello Rusty, good boy Rusty
Rusty:
Call me Rusty I don't care

Rusty, You Can't Be Serious: Rusty, Coaches

Coaches:
Rusty, you can't be serious
You'll go in for the race? You gotta be strong
Rusty:
I am strong
Ashley:
And belong
You gotta have speed
Rusty:
I have
Pearl:
What you need is a mixture of strength, of power and length
If you're gonna have pull where it counts
Rusty:
But Pearl, you said you'd go with me
Pearl:
But that was ages ago
I have to feel more
Coaches:
We have to feel more
We need to be certain we need to be sure
Pearl:
I have to feel more
Coaches:
We have to feel more
We need to be certain we need to be sure


Starlight Express (1984 Original London Cast) Disc1 soundtrack lyrics -- Lotta Locomotion


A Lotta Locomotion: Coaches

Pearl:
A lotta locomotion
Coaches:
That's what we need
From a locomotive who can take the lead
From the eastern ocean to the western sea
Locomotion's gonna carry me
A lotta locomotion, that's what we need
If we are ever gonna get up speed
A lotta locomotion and the right approach
For there are lots of different kinds of coach
Ashley:
Like me, I'm Ashley, I'm the smoking car
I've tried to kick the habit but my inside's used to tar
I know if I don't give up I might choke or have a stroke
That scares me, and when I'm scared, boy I need a smoke
Buffy:
Buffy at your service, ever open wide
My microwave is cooking to warm you from inside
A lotta locomotion will do the trick
Come and bite my burgers, I'm hot and cheap and quick
Dinah:
My name is Dinah, I'm the dining car
I'll cook for you and listen while you lean upon my bar
I'll serve you with your dinner while the train goes loop the loop
Gee, I'm sorry gentlemen, I hope you wanted soup
Coaches:
A lotta locomotion, that's what we need
If we are ever gonna get up speed
From the eastern ocean to the western sea
Locomotion's gonna carry me
Pearl:
My name's Pearl I'm a brand new girl
My springs still bounce, my fans still whirl
Ain't gonna smoke, ain't gonna drink
Coaches:
What are you gonna do?
Pearl:
What do you think?
Coaches:
A lotta locomotion underneath the sun
Gotta try them all until she finds the one
From the eastern ocean to the coast out west
Pearl:
Gotta test them all until I find the best
Coaches:
A lotta locomotion, that's what we need
From a locomotive who can take the lead
From the eastern ocean to the western sea
Don't stop the pistons stroking
Don't stop the firemen stoking
Ashley:
Don't make me give up smoking
Coaches:
Give up smoking?
Ashley:
You gotta be joking
Coaches:
Locomotion's gonna carry me


Starlight Express (1984 Original London Cast) Disc1 soundtrack lyrics -- Pumping Iron


Pumping Iron: Greaseball, Coaches

Greaseball:
Here comes the diesel train with its steel refrain
You hear me knocking
The diesel's on it's way it's going to win the day
Hear me knocking
Listen to the chatter of the diesel force
Generating twenty seven hundred horse
Camshaft rolling while the rockers rock
You hear me knock
See me hustle, feel my muscle
Pumping iron
Trying to build my body
Trying to lose my mind
See me straining, I'm in training
Pumping iron
I'm a diesel engine
I'm knocking I'm knocking I'm knocking
I'm pumping iron
Coaches:
Well he's the one they'll choose
You know he just can't lose
Hear him knocking
All:
There ain't another rig that's even half as big
Hear him knocking
Coaches:
Everybody's gonna say that train is smart
All:
The mighty diesel engine is a work of art
Coaches:
Not a word of credit to the rolling stock
All:
Hear him knock
All:
See me hustle, feel my muscle
Pumping iron
Greaseball:
Stretching the Bullworker
Heaving on my weight
All:
See me flex my delts and pecs
I'm pumping iron
Greaseball:
I'm a diesel engine
I'm knocking
I'm knocking
Heading for the rally
Coaches:
Heading for the rally
Greaseball:
Gonna win the first race
Coaches:
Gonna win the first race
Greaseball:
Gonna run the longest, the biggest and the strongest
I'm knocking, I'm knocking, I'm knocking,
I'm knocking, I'm knocking
I'm pumping iron


Starlight Express (1984 Original London Cast) Disc1 soundtrack lyrics -- Freight


Freight: CB, Rockies, Dustin, Flat top, Coaches

Freight:
Freight is great, freight is great
We carry weight 'cos we are freight
And freight is great
We never make a fuss, you got the goods on us
We take the loads from off the roads
And freight is great
Coaches:
Couldn't stand gravel and sand
Being ignored, no one aboard
Nobody complaining, we were late again
I should hate carrying freight
Nobody living in me
Got to be a living breathing passenger train
Freight:
Freight is great, freight is great
Coaches:
(Freight) Couldn't stand gravel and sand
Being ignored, no one aboard (is great)
Nobody complaining, we were late again (we carry weight)
I should hate carrying freight
Nobody living in me (and freight is great)
Got to be a living breathing passenger train
Coaches:
It's Mommas and Poppas
Freight:
It's commerce and hoppers
Coaches:
It's daughters and sons
Freight:
It's quarters and tons
They get in your hair
Coaches:
It's the fun of the fare
Freight:
Freight
Coaches:
Folks
Freight:
Tares
Coaches:
Fares
Passengers, commuters and mail
Freight:
Trees and meat, gravel and shale
All:
Are great, are great, are great
Are great, are great
Rocky I:
I'm Rocky the box car, there's lots like me
Rocky II:
I'm Rocky Two
Rocky III:
I'm Rocky Three
Rockies:
The only time we get sick inside is when some bum hitches a ride
Wait for the sharp corner to come
Open the door - bye bye, bum!
Freight:
Freight is great
Flat top:
Flat top, who you looking at?
Yeah, there's bricks, what's wrong with that?
No, you're right, they don't all match -
Yeah, they're heavy - here, catch!
All:
Freight is great
Flat top:
Come on, Dustin!
Dustin:
I'm the big hopper, I'm not a box
Rockies:
Yeah, your head is full of rocks
Dustin:
They ain't rocks they're aggregates
And aggregates are really great
Aggregates are really great
& Flat top:
Aggregates never complain
Bricks and mortar are thicker than water
It's great to be an aggregate train
CB:
At the back on every piece of track
I'm right behind you
Can I be of help at all?
Then simply call CB
Freight:
Hello, CB
CB:
Hello
The red caboose would like to be of use
To every truck and show the world that
Freight:
Freight is great
Freight is great
Freight is great
Coaches:
(Freight) Couldn't stand gravel and sand
Being ignored, no one aboard (is great)
Nobody complaining, we were late again (we carry weight)
I should hate carrying freight
Nobody living in me (and freight is great)
Got to be a living breathing passenger train
Coaches:
It's Mommas and Poppas
Freight:
It's commerce and hoppers
Coaches:
It's daughters and sons
Freight:
It's quarters and tons
They get in your hair
Coaches:
It's the fun of the fare
Freight:
Freight
Coaches:
Folks
Freight:
Tares
Coaches:
Fares
Passengers, commuters and mail
Freight:
Trees and meat, gravel and shale
On the rails, on the rails, on the rails, on the rails
All:
Are great, are great, are great, are great, are great
Are great, are great, are great, are great


Starlight Express (1984 Original London Cast) Disc1 soundtrack lyrics -- AC/DC


AC/DC: Electra, Components

Krupp:
Clear Electra - verify
Wrench:
Go to Electra - load
Joule:
Shift Electra
Volta:
Space Electra
Purse:
Enter Electra
Run Electra
Confirm, confirm, enter
Components:
Electra, Electra, Electra, Electra
Electra:
I am electric, feel my attraction
Feel my magnetism you will agree
I am electric I have the contacts
I am electric the future is me
All:
AC/DC it's okay by me
I can switch and change my frequency
Electra:
I am electric mind how you touch me
I can shock you I can set you on fire
I can reach up and pluck down the lightning
Watch the conductor see the live wire
All:
AC/DC it's okay by me
I can switch and change my frequency
AC/DC it's okay by me
I can switch and change my frequency
Components:
Electra, Electra, Electra
Electra:
I am electric, I'm a computer
Don't attempt to keep no secrets from me
If you make me bored I hit my keyboard
You'll be erased from my memory
All:
AC/DC it's okay by me
I can switch and change my frequency
I can switch and change my frequency
I can switch and change my frequency
AC/DC, AC/DC
AC/DC, AC/DC
Electra, Electra, Electra, Electra


Starlight Express (1984 Original London Cast) Disc1 soundtrack lyrics -- He Whistled at Me


He Whistled At Me: Rusty, Pearl, Control

Control:
Time up, time up!
Penalty, penalty!
Rusty unconnected!
Ten penalty points!
Rusty:
What's wrong, Pearl? Got no partner?
Pearl:
No.
Rusty:
Never mind. I'll take you -
Pearl:
No Rusty - I know you mean to be kind...
Rusty:
You'd rather have no one than race behind me?
Pearl:
You don't understand, why don't you see?
I have this train I dream about, an engine moved by steam
Rusty:
No problem, I'm a steamer, maybe I could be the engine of your dream
Pearl:
Can you whistle?
Rusty:
Sure I can
Woo woo woo
Pearl:
Yes it's close, but it's not like in my dreams
Sorry Rusty I know how it must seem
No one else can take his place

Woo woo, woo woo
Nobody can do it like a steam train
Woo woo, woo woo
Nobody can do it like a steam train

I was waiting at the station
I was all anticipation
I was painted, I was polished
I was shining like a star

And then he whistled at me (woo woo)
He looked in my direction
He whistled at me (woo woo)
This could be my connection
All because he whistled at me (woo woo)
He sure knew how to woo me
He whistled at me (woo woo)
I'm gonna hitch him to me

I'd been out of circulation
I had lost my motivation
Rejected and dejected then he was on the line
In an atmosphere all steamy
He said things I thought were dreamy
He said I was good looking
Said I was divine
Then he started getting fresher
Started putting on the pressure
From the sounds that he was making
I could tell that he was mine

Because he whistled at me (woo woo)
I knew he had to choose me
He whistled at me (woo woo)
And now he'll never lose me
All because he whistled at me (woo woo)
Now every time you'll find him
He whistled at me (woo woo)
You'll find me there behind him

Woo woo, woo woo
Nobody can do it like a steam train
Woo woo, woo woo
Listen to the rhythm of the steam train

He whistled at me (woo woo)
He sure knew how to do it
He whistled at me (woo woo)
This time he really blew it
All because he whistled at me (woo woo)
He sure knew how to woo me
He whistled at me
Now they can't undo me
Mmm I'm sure he whistled at me (woo woo)
Now every time you'll find him
He whistled at me (woo woo)
You'll find me there behind him
All because he whistled at me (woo woo)
He sure knew how to woo me
He whistled at me


Starlight Express (1984 Original London Cast) Disc1 soundtrack lyrics -- Race


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Starlight Express (1984 Original London Cast) Disc1 soundtrack lyrics -- There's Me


Wasn't Fair: Dinah, Greaseball, CB

Dinah:
That was cheating
What you did to him there wasn't fair
Greaseball:
Hey, come on, we won
Quit that kind of talk - you take care
Dinah:
No, I must say it, it isn't fair
Greaseball:
OK, that does it, I'm giving you air
From now on, Miss America, go preach at someone new
You race with me, you use my rules
You had your chance, you blew it, so we're through
Dinah:
Oh, Greaseball!
Greaseball:
Hi, CB
CB:
Hi, GB - hey, what a race! What a team!
Greaseball:
Ssshhh.
Oh, you mean me and Dinah. Not a team anymore, CB. She's on her own.

There's Me: CB

All alone, you think you're on your own
You think there's no one in the world who cares for you
That isn't true, there's me

I may not be the one you want to see
But if you need someone who's kind
Then look behind, and then you'll find, there's me

I'll be near, standing by, never fear, you can cry
In a while, you will smile, and I'll be there to see

By yourself, you have to cry yourself
Nobody else can cry the tears you have to cry
But I will try, there's me

Until then, when you're okay again
You look around, find I'm no longer there
I'll still be near somewhere, you're not alone
There's me, there's always me

I'll still be near somewhere, you're not alone
There's me, there's always me


Starlight Express (1984 Original London Cast) Disc1 soundtrack lyrics -- Poppa's Blues


Poppa's Blues: Poppa, Rockies, Rusty

Rocky:
Hey, Poppa's gonna sing
Cool it, cool it man, Poppa's gonna sing
Poppa don't sing often
Rockies:
But he do sing mean

Poppa:
Oh, first line of the blues is always sung a second time
(You hear me talking, Rockies?)
I said the first line of the blues is always sung a second time
So by the time you get to the third line, you've had time to think of a rhyme

Ain't no law that says third line gotta be different at all
(Oh, you're looking good Rocky, you're looking good)
I said there ain't no law that says the third line gotta be different at all
No there ain't no law that says the third line gotta be different at all

Never borrow no mouth organ, not even from your best friend
(You hear me talking, children? Listen!)
I said never borrow no mouth organ, not even from you best friend
'Cos you may survive the blowing, but the sucking's gonna get you in the end

Rusty why you looking sad?
Rusty:
I got no hope
Poppa:
What you mean I taught you all that I know
Rusty:
I know
Poppa:
You'll surprise them when it's your turn to go
Rusty:
No sir
I lost the coach I thought I had
Rockies:
What, Pearl?
Rusty:
Yeah, Pearl
I went and asked her for a date
Poppa:
She wouldn't play?
Rusty:
And the rest said no, I knew that they would
Poppa:
Oh, no. We could find another
Rockies:
Yes sir, we could
Rusty:
No way
Poppa listen, it's too late
Rusty:
Rusty, you ain't got no faith
I am a steamer, I was a champion once
You like the rest, you just blind
Rusty:
No, no, I see good
I see without no coach I got no chance in the race
Poppa:
Look behind you
What do you see?
Rusty:
Nothing but an old sleeping car
Poppa:
You got an alarm bell?
Rusty:
I do
Poppa:
Then ring it boy
Rockies:
Ring that bell
Rusty:
I can't pull that
It's peeling, and, well, old


Starlight Express (1984 Original London Cast) Disc1 soundtrack lyrics -- Belle the Slepping Car


Belle The Sleeping Car: Belle

Looks and youth ain't everything
Experience is a quality that counts for a lot
The sad thing 'bout experience, is by the time you've got it
It's usually all you've got

I'm Belle, Belle, Belle the sleeping car
Doesn't matter who you are
Just climb aboard to lie with me
And when you wake I'll make you tea

A Pullman car when I was made
I went down for the seaside trade
I'm peeling now, the light's too bright
I wear dark glasses day and night

I had crystal lamps, Irish linen
To set off my red velvet dress
Those who rode on me compared me to
The Orient Express - that was excessive

But now they climb aboard, undress
Don't wait for me to whisper, 'yes'
Don't say goodnight, just hit the light
And worst of all turn over and go straight to sleep

Once I was a real main liner
Enjoying the occasional smoke
Now I hang around the fuel dump
Sniffing the coke
It really chokes me

I'm Belle, Belle, Belle the sleeping truck
I'm down at wind and off my luck
I may not be first class but I'm not yet worst class
I can still warm you when the night is cold
I'm a sleeper with a heart of gold

I can still warm you when the night is cold
I'm a sleeper with a heart of gold


Starlight Express (1984 Original London Cast) Disc1 soundtrack lyrics -- Starlight Express


Starlight Express Introduction: Poppa, Rusty, Belle, Control

Poppa:
Only believe, son
The Starlight Express will help you
How many times have you found
That you were firm on the ground
Though the world around you swayed
You know that all that you've got does not add up to a lot
And the way ahead's a maze
You've used everything inside you
So maybe it's time you tried to find a brand new power
To shine a light
Belle:
A light to brighten up your darkest hour
Poppa:
Starlight Express hears your distress
He's there, all around
Starlight Express will answer you yes
He's waiting to be found
Both:
Starlight Express hears your distress
He's there, all around
Starlight Express will answer you yes -
Control:
Control
Control
Thirty seconds to close of entries for heat two
Engines report

Starlight Express: Rusty

When your goodnights have been said and you are lying in bed
With the covers pulled up tight
Although you count every sheep you get the feeling that sleep
Is gonna stay away tonight

That is when you hear it coming
That is when you hear the humming of the midnight train
Here again
Can't explain that midnight train
That midnight train

Starlight Express, you must confess
Are you real, yes or no
Starlight Express, answer me yes
I don't want you to go

Want you to take me away, but bring me back before daylight
And in the time between
Take me to everywhere, but don't abandon me there
Just want to say I have been

I believe in you completely, though I may be dreaming sweetly
I can hear the train
Here again
Can't explain that midnight train
That midnight train

Starlight Express, you must confess
Are you real, yes or no
Starlight Express, answer me yes
I don't want you to go
Starlight Express, you must confess
Are you real, yes or no
Starlight Express, answer me yes
I don't want you to go


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