Lyrics Paul Westerberg

Paul Westerberg

Dirty Diesel

I'm a dirty diesel

Pumping down the line

Hear my whistle blowing

Hear my engine whine

Hear me from your pillow

Hear me on the call

See my smoke, it billows

Up around your heart.

Grandpa was all covered

In locomotive grease

Grandma was loaded

Drunk on anti-freeze

Well, you may not know it

By looking at your only dead man

That's right

A dirty, black diesel

Pumpin down the line

Used to be a bad boy

Hear my engine whine

Hear my engine whine

Creeping through the junction

Pulling out at night

I won't be back soon

Gotta schedule to keep right

You say that you love me

On your pillow

Smoke, it starts to billow

My engine starts to whine

Engine is whining