Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber

Lyrics by Richard Stilgoe unless otherwise indicated

GREASEBALL & GANG
I'm just the fastest thing you'll ever see,
that streak of lightning you just missed was me,
don't stop now,
we gotta keep it going all night.

Rolling stock, rolling stock,
you've got no wheels, you don't know how it feels.
Rolling stock, rolling stock,
you got no lovers if you got no wheels.

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,
we gotta keep it going all night.

Rolling stock, we're rolling stock.

So get the motion in your wheels somehow,
the racing action's starting here and now,
don't stop now,
we gotta keep it going all night.

Rolling stock, we're rolling stock.
Hooa! Hooa! Hooa! Hooa!
Rolling stock, we're rolling stock.
Rolling stock, we're rolling stock.
Hooa!

PEARL & COACHES
Woo woo, woo woo.
Nobody can do it like a steam train.
Woo woo, woo woo.
Everybody's waiting for their dream train.

PEARL
I'll know him when I see him,
for far before I see him,
I will hear that far off signal,
I will hear the distant call,

and then he'll whistle at me,
he'll send a note to woo me,
he'll whistle at me,
I'm gonna hitch him to me.

Someday soon he'll whistle at me,
that's how I'll recognize him,
and maybe I will whistle at him,
that should surprise him.

Don't give me insistent humming,
horns and bells and distant drumming,
I want steam that's under pressure
as it rises to a scream.

Somebody whistle at me,
I'm all anticipation,
I need someone to whistle at me,
I'm waiting at the station,

come on, someone whistle at me,
I'm longing to be near him,
I need someone to whistle at me,
I'll know him when I hear him.

Ooh, he'll whistle at me.

COACHES
woo woo.

ELECTRA
I am electric, feel my attractions,
feel my magnetism you will agree.
I am electric, I have the contacts,
I am electric, the future is me.

A. C. D. C. it's O. K. by me.
I can switch and change my frequency.

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.

A. C. D. C. it's O. K. by me.
Hey, it's O. K. by me.
I can switch and change my frequency.

COMPANY
Electra,
Electra,
Electra.

ELECTRA
I am electric, resistance is pointless,
feel me magnetism you will agree.
You can't ignore me, you must adore me,
I am electric, come closer to me.

A. C. D. C. it's O. K. by me.
I can switch and turn you on to me,
can switch and turn you on to me,
can switch and turn you on to me.

COMPANY
Electra,
Electra,
Electra,

ELECTRA
I am electric, turn me on,
turn me on, I am electric.

COMPANY
Electra.

ELECTRA
I can switch and change my frequency.

GREASEBALL
Here comes the diesel train with its steel refrain,
hear me knocking.
The diesel's on its way, it's gonna save the day,
hear me knocking.
Listen to the chatter of the diesel force,
generating twenty seven hundred horse,
camshaft rolling while the rockers rock,
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.
There ain't another rig that's even half as big,
hear him knocking.
Everybody's gonna say that train is smart,
the mighty diesel engine is a work of art,
the undisputed leader of the rolling stock,

GREASEBALL
now see me rock.

GREASEBALL & COACHES
See me hustle, feel my muscle, pumping iron.
Stretching my bull worker, heaving on my weights.
See me flex my delts and my pects, I'm pumping iron.
I'm a diesel engine, I'm knocking,
I'm knocking,
I'm knocking,

Hey-ey-ey-ey.

GREASEBALL
Heading for the rally,

COACHES
Heading for the rally,

GREASEBALL
Gonna win the first race

COACHES
Gonna win the first race.

GREASEBALL & COACHES
gonna run the longest, the fastest and the strongest,
I'm knocking,
said I'm knocking,
you know I'm knocking,
knock!
I'm pumping iron.

RUSTY
Where I go the rest better follow,
look out everybody move aside.
May go now or may go tomorrow,
hold on, I'll take you for a ride.

COACHES
Crazy, can you believe him,
he's crazy, love him and leave him,
he's crazy, going crazy,
going crazy.

RUSTY
Watch me, see me hit that horizon,

PEARL
Take it slowly, what you got to prove?

RUSTY
Ride with me, you'll know you've been riding,
no one can move the way I move.

COACHES
Crazy, can you believe him,
he's crazy, love him and leave him,
he's crazy, going crazy,
going crazy.

Crazy, can you believe him,
he's crazy, love him and leave him,
he's crazy, going crazy,
going crazy.

Oo-wa wa wa wa
oo-wa wa wa wa
oo-wa wa wa wa
oo-wa wa wa wa.
Oo-wa wa wa wa
oo-wa wa wa wa
oo-wa wa wa wa
oo-wa wa

RUSTY
Hold on tight I'll turn up the pressure,
must be right, no way it can be wrong.
You and me go steaming together,

PEARL
till someone better comes along.

COACHES
Crazy, can you believe him,
he's crazy, love him and leave him,
he's crazy, going crazy,
going crazy.

Crazy, can you believe him,
he's crazy, love him and leave him,
he's crazy, going crazy,
going crazy, going crazy,
going crazy, going crazy,
going crazy.

PEARL
It's time to choose between the two of them,
I'd better make a start.
Someone help me make up my heart,
tell me how to make up my heart.

They say two lovers can be twice the fun,
They think they're being smart.
Someone help me make up my heart,
please tell me how to make up my heart.

One of them is strong,
one of them is good, but both could turn out wrong,
so who gets the part?
Make up my mind, make up my heart.

I don't want one to win and one to lose,
can't tell them yes or no.
Choosing one means letting one go,
I can't face letting one of them go.

You'd think two lovers would be twice the fun,
It's tearing me apart.
Someone help me make up my heart,
please tell me how to make up my heart.

One of them has style,
sets the world alight, the other makes me smile,
so who gets the part?
Make up my mind, make up my heart.

So who gets the part?
Make up my mind, make up my heart.

It's time to choose between the two of them,
I'd better make a start.
Someone help me make up my heart,
please tell me how to make up my heart.

One of them has style,
sets the world alight, the other makes me smile,
so who gets the part?
Make up my mind, make up my heart.

One of them is strong,
one of them is good, but both could turn out wrong.
So who gets the part?
Please someone help me make up my heart.
Ooh tell me how to make up my heart.

DINAH
I've been U. N. C. O. U. P. L. E. D.
I can't bring myself to say it, no siree.
I'm a carriage with no marriage,
a van without a man.
I've been U. N. C. O. U. P. L. E. D.

Was I corroded, or overloaded?
Maybe I shamed him, who would have blamed him,
if he thought me second class,
went in search of chrome and brass,
went to find some other fool like me.

And I'm just U. N. C. O. U. P. L. E. D.
I can't seem to stop C. R. Y. I. N. G.
People look at me and think,
"There she goes, the missing link,
she's been U. N. C. O. U. P. L. E. D."

But I'll get my R. E. V. E. N. G. E.
He'll come crawling back one day
then I'll turn to him and say,
"Go away you B. A. S. T. A. R. D."

RUSTY
Starlight Express.

STARLIGHT
Only you have the power within you,
just believe in yourself, and the sea will part before you,
stop the rain and turn the tide.
If only you use the power within you,
needn't beg the world to turn around and help you,
if you draw on what you have within you, somewhere deep inside.

RUSTY
Starlight Express, Starlight Express,
are you real, yes or no?
Starlight Express, answer me yes,
I don't want you to go.

STARLIGHT
Rusty you're blind, look in your mind,
I'm there, nothing new.
The Starlight Express is no more no less
than you, Rusty, I am you and

STARLIGHT
only you

RUSTY
I am the Starlight,

STARLIGHT
have the power within you,

RUSTY
I can achieve

STARLIGHT
just believe in yourself,
and the sea will part before you,

RUSTY
anything,

STARLIGHT
stop the rain and turn the tide.

RUSTY
all the things I didn't believe,

STARLIGHT
If only you

RUSTY
I am the Starlight,

STARLIGHT
use the power within you,

RUSTY
I can see it through,

BOTH
needn't beg the world to turn around and help you,
if you draw on what is deep inside.

GREASEBALL & ELECTRA
One Rock 'n' Roll too many, one night's sleep too few.
Too much ringing that bell takes its toll out of you.

GREASEBALL
The sound's too loud.

ELECTRA
the light's too bright,

GREASEBALL
my chains are too heavy and my pants are too tight.

BOTH
One Rock 'n' Roll too many takes its toll out of you.
One Rock 'n" Roll too many, one more farewell show.
C'mon clap your hands, are you having a good time?

COMPANY
No!

ELECTRA
Well my rave's been raided

GREASEBALL
and my hip just hopped,

ELECTRA
my Mojo ain't working and my pill has just popped.

BOTH
One Rock 'n' Roll too many takes its toll out of you.

One Rock 'n" Roll too many, I can't take no more.

GREASEBALL
What do you say?

ELECTRA
I can't hear nothing.

GREASEBALL
What do you say?

ELECTRA
I can't hear nothing,

GREASEBALL
I can't hear nothing.

ELECTRA
What do you say?

GREASEBALL
I can't hear nothing,

ELECTRA
what do you say?

BOTH
I said one Rock 'n' Roll too many takes its toll and the soul out of you.

PEARL
I guess I'm not too good at keeping love alive for long,
I think I've found the answers but the answer's always wrong.
My first love was my true love and it should've been my last,
the only time I'm happy's when I'm dreaming in the past.

Next time you fall in love,
it better be with me,
back then was when
we touched the Starlight.

Sometimes you turn away from what your heart tells you is right,
and so you settle for whatever gets you through the night.
The flame you thought was dead may suddenly begin to burn,
and broken hearts can be repaired, that's something that you learn.

Next time you fall in love,
it better be with me,
back then was when
we touched the Starlight.

RUSTY
I've relived every moment that I ever shared with you,
what fools we were to end a dream that looked like coming true.

Next time you fall in love,
it better be with me,

PEARL
back then

BOTH
was when
we touched the Starlight.

Next time you fall in love,
it better be with me,

PEARL
back then

BOTH
was when
we touched the Starlight.

I guess I'm not too good at keeping love alive for long,
I think I've found the answers but the answer's always wrong.
My first love was my true love and it should've been my last,
the only time I'm happy's when I'm dreaming in the past.

Next time you fall in love,
it better be with me,
back then was when
we touched the Starlight.

Next time you fall in love,
it better be with me,
back then was when
we touched the Starlight.

POPPA
Diesel is for unbelievers,
electricity is wrong,
steam has got the power
that will pull us along.

There's a light at the end of the tunnel,
there's a light at the end of the tunnel,
the inside might be as black as the night,

ALL
but there's a light at the end of the tunnel,
there's a light at the end of the tunnel,
the inside might be as black as the night,
but at the end of the tunnel there's a light.

POPPA
It's the pow'r of James Watt,
the steaming Scot,

ALL
the man who watched the pot
and said, "Hey I've got a brilliant plot
when the steam is hot,
it makes a lot
of power

POPPA
it could turn a wheel,

ALL
lots of power.

POPPA
Drive it down a track,

ALL
clickerty clack, clickerty clack,

POPPA
drive it with a beat,

ALL
choo choo choo,
with enough left over for a woo woo.

He saw the light at the end of the tunnel,
he saw the light at the end of the tunnel.

POPPA
Well thanks James Watt for watching that pot,

ALL
he saw the light at the end of the tunnel,
he saw the light at the end of the tunnel,
the inside might be as black as the night,
but at the end of the tunnel there's a light.

POPPA
There are dark days ahead
when the power goes dead,
when the oil runs dry,
what can we try?

ALL
We could use the sunlight,

POPPA
but it don't shine at night,

ALL
nuclear fission
leaves a nasty emission.

POPPA
Soon the pistons will be humming,
steam will have a second coming.

ALL
We see the light at the end of the tunnel,
we see the light at the end of the tunnel.
Just dig a hole and haul out the coal,
we see the light at the end of the tunnel.
We see the light at the end of the tunnel.
So let the water boil, goodbye to oil,
at the end of the tunnel there's a light.

We see the light at the end of the tunnel,
we see the light at the end of the tunnel.
When that Angel Gabriel blows his magic toot,
we see the light at the end of the tunnel,
we see the light at the end of the tunnel.
We see the distant gleam that tells you it's steam,
at the end of the tunnel there's a light,
Starlight!