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in the engine room - dreamin' as I'm steamin' with the the waves of heat ripplin' off of my back. vapor lock clock stopped, time hangs limp for the rememberin' dream. in the engine room, hey - oh! can we do it? "hell surely" winks fireman hurley as he slips from his shelf "hey, you earned your rate, machinist mate - you're the left-hand man of the boilerman" a voice from the tube says the boat's gotta move, can we do it? "we can do it!" where the only wind blowin' is from the limbs that we're throwin' in the rhythm that we're hymnin' - syncopatin' in the engine room... and if we get the heave-ho, keep her steady as she goes. eyes dialed on the meters, fingers handling the levers - seems we're man-machine men but what seems like just ain't right - in fact we're conducting our own symphony - improvising in the engine room... and when it feels smooth in the engine room, you know she's running true and to the troops in the trench: let me let you use my wrench and come on down... deny us, you can hide us, pretend we're not there, we don't care - tough. cuz if the feel feels real then we'll take it on the chin but we're taking no guff! no way and if I get the heave-ho, keep her steady as she goes, keep her steady as she goes, steady as she goes