foreword Songtext
von Johnny Foreigner

I am riding Watts′ engine
Through ragged centuries of progress
Wood and iron and steel and steam
And I still dream relentless

These machines don't work for us
They work as furnace felt by rust
Alive between the diamonds in the dust
This town never trusted us


I have slept in the sound of hammers
But in the end
The rain rises again

These engines don′t start from one man
Not even the factories outlasted them
My tea kettle, I stair roll
I time skip and the skyline evolves

He moves guard through fences
I'm the last and my line's still holding
The last name on the blue plaque
Of the crumbling roots of the wrong building


I have slept in the sound of hammers
But in the end
The rain rises again