Two Horses Wide

Lyrics

[Intro — instrumental only, no vocals]
[two horses' hooves canter side by side, chariot wheels grind stone, a rail clacks; the beat builds]
[Instrumental build — still no singing, let the groove settle in]
[Instrumental — the hooves and the strings carry it alone]

[Verse 1 — vocals enter at last]
Caesar's legions cut the roads in stone,
two horses wide and the ruts were grown;
the wagons rolled where the chariots ran,
and the gauge was set when the world began.

[Chorus]
Two horses wide, two horses wide,
from the Appian stone to the Georgia line;
four foot eight and a half of Roman pride,
the whole world runs on a chariot's stride.

[Verse 2]
Stephenson measured the English rail,
the iron ships carried the ancient tale;
down to Terminus the gauge was laid,
MARTA gliding on the road Rome made.
The Shuttle's boosters through the mountain squeezed —
two Roman horses, and the sky's released.

[Chorus]
Two horses wide, two horses wide,
from the Appian stone to the Georgia line;
four foot eight and a half of Roman pride,
the whole world runs on a chariot's stride.

[Outro — vocals stop here]
[Instrumental — the hooves rides out alone, no more singing]
[Long instrumental outro — the groove fades slowly all the way down to silence]