Report on the State of the Union

Nine Hundred Thousand Tons of Steel
Out of control
The brakes don't work
and this grade's so steep
the engine's sure to blow

Nine Hundred Thousand Tons of Steel
Out of control
It's more a roller coaster
Than the train I used to know.

"Tons of Steel" by Brent Mydland,
1987 by the Grateful Dead on In the Dark