[Verse 1]
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I almost saw a train wreck
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Then I had to look away
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Never had I wondered before
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What happened when metal bent and tore
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I ran across manhole covers
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Toward the center of my Earth
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Valleys and other landmarks
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Visions of big machines transformed
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[Verse 2]
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Walking around in St. Matthews
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The winds were light and the roads were wet
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Those green sloping mountains over
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Leading up to gravel beds
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My brother Paul was walking aimless
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My father Pete had turned away
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Paul stumbled toward a roaring train track
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He was only four years old that day
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[Chorus]
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Who's in control?
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Who's in control?
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[Bridge]
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I barely saw it happen
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The ground??s monumental shake
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There must have been two feet between them
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Before those two hands snatched him safe
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As we headed home to beat the sunset
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I heard him crying overhead
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That night I dreamt we turned the lights out
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And wandered far away from this
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[Chorus]
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Who's in control?
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Yeah, who's in control?
[Outro]
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Now I'm sitting on a bridge
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Out in Portland, Oregon
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The old day begins to shudder
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And rolling on, becomes another
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