Princess Of The Night Lyrics
Twenty years ago
Used to bring the mail to me
Through the ice and snow
I've sat alone and watched her
Steaming through the night
Ninety tons of thunder
Lighting up the sky
I saw the writing on the wall
She was a princess of the night
I take a ride across the sky
Engine working hard
Furnace on the foot plate
Shining in the night
Iron striking metal
The sound of racing steel
It's all I ever wanna hear
It's music to my ears
I saw the writing on the wall
She was a princess of the night
I take a ride across the sky
I saw the writing on the wall
She was a princess of the night
I take a ride across the sky
Lighting up the sky
Steaming red hot pistons
See the wheels flash by
Hear the whistle blowing
Streaking down the track
If I ever had my way
I'd bring the princess back one day
I saw the writing on the wall
She was a princess of the night
I take a ride across the sky
(sky, sky, sky)
20 years ago when this song was recorded was 1961; It's nostalgia for steam trains.
Nowadays Biff sometimes sing "30 years ago".
Nowadays Biff sometimes sing "30 years ago".
One of the quintessential rock songs. Anyone who has ever seen a live steam locomotive knows why they wrote it.
Its basically about a steam train.
Its basically about a steam train.
Wicked Riff - did anyone else ever think it should have way cooler lyrics?!
Princess of the night.. it could potentially be a really sexy song i recon :D
How could this song have any better lyrics? The world is over flooded with sexy songs, but as far as I know, there's only one tribute to a steam train.
How could this song have any better lyrics? The world is over flooded with sexy songs, but as far as I know, there's only one tribute to a steam train.
Sorry, I meant that he sings "50 years ago" these days.
In an interview with vocalist Biff Byford and guitarist Paul Quinn, Byford explained the song is "about a steam train that ends up in the scrap yard." Later, he went into more detail: "Some time ago we used to park our van at Barry Island in Glamorgan... There's a huge compound there where they keep all the old steam trains that they don't use anymore. They're just left to rot and I suppose that upset us because they really were magnificent machines. Well you can't beat the days of steam can you?" He continued saying "Anyway, late at night if I couldn't sleep I would look at those ghostly engines and imagine them painted up and back in their glory. It's my romantic side coming out again."