Stoker stoker be my friend
stoker stoker in the end
stoker stoker need your hand
get the carriage through the bent

I was late at work that morning
our train was heavy loaded
locomotive's boiler mourning
could be late
Stoker stoker took the shovel
charging coal is sweaty job
that poor guy soon took the towel
he went weak

Stoker stoker be my friend
stoker stoker in the end
stoker stoker need your hand
get the carriage through the bent

Our train was running slow
over crunching rusty track
on station's roof I saw a crow
had to stop
Stoker stoker charged again
pressure came up rapidly
so I thought this is my man
had to wait

Stoker stoker be my friend
stoker stoker in the end
stoker stoker need your hand
get the carriage through the bent

Then we learned a valve was leaking
stoker had to work much more
shortly later heard his breathing
could been warned
Finally the light turned green
slowly our train went faster
blowing big white clouds of steam
to the sky

Stoker stoker be my friend
stoker stoker in the end
stoker stoker need your hand
get the carriage through the bent

Stoker stoker started working
charging firebox with coal
stupid leaking walve was wasting
stoker's mind
Stoker stoker turned exhausted
since the engine did not run
half the tour we had completed
much too late

Stoker stoker be my friend
stoker stoker in the end
stoker stoker need your hand
get the carriage through the bent

Stoker shoveled to by ton
through the engine's leaking boiler
could not help him had to run
goddamned train
Short before our destination
we had to do the final bent
stoker was in worse condition
slow his hand

Stoker stoker be my friend
stoker stoker in the end
stoker stoker need your hand
get the carriage through the bent

On the top I said it's done
forget the shovel have a break
From his eyes all live had gone
for heaven's sake!
Later on he left his power
stoker did not breathe no more
on his grave I laid a flower
lost a friend

Stoker stoker has been murdered
sacrificed without a cause
by my word, a reckless order
from a louse.