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Artist: Bruce Dickinson
Canonical path: /bruce-dickinson/hell-on-wheels
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Hell On Wheels
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Hell On Wheels
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Devil's driving down the track
Helens wheels they won't turn back
Engine racing down a one way street
Speeds chasing that red line heat
Into the blackness into the night
Out of the tunnel into the light
Red for danger that's just for show
Climb aboard come as you go
Hard to steer when the devil's driving
Helens wheels and the brakes won't hold
Hard to steer when the devil's driving
Helens wheels and the brakes won't hold
Too smart to come she just arrived
Only gave her one but she's using five
Minutes of time in the usual place
If I was strapped in you could sit on my place
The doors were locked the windows sealed
Hitting me with the jack was the devil's deal
Blue light flashing as the lipstick smudge
Diving for cover in a tunnel of glove
Hard to steer when the devil's driving
Helens wheels and the brakes won't hold
Hard to steer when the devil's driving
Helens wheels and the brakes won't hold
Something's driving me, I don't know where
Something down in my cellar somewhere
No one waiting for me down the line
No one waiting for me this time, check it out
Hard to steer when the devil's driving
Hell on wheels and the brakes won't hold
Hard to steer when the devil's driving
Hell on wheels and the brakes won't hold
Knuckle down stick shift take it slow
Easy come means easy go
Lay off the gas make it last
'Cos under my hood she's blowing fast
Into the blackness into the night
Out of the tunnel into the light
Red for danger, just for show
Climb aboard come as you go
Hard to steer when the devil's driving
Helens wheels and the brakes won't hold
Hard to steer when the devil's driving
Helens wheels and the brakes won't hold
Hard to steer, that's it
Hard to steer, oh
Hard to steer, when the devil's driving, come on
Hard to steer, you know it's hard to steer
Hard to steer, when the devil's driving
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Bruce Dickinson performs "Hell On Wheels", and this lyric page sits inside the Bruce Dickinson catalog on LyroVerse.
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