Call Me Rusty - Andrew Lloyd Webber, “Starlight Express” Original Cast, Ray Shell

Rusty:

Woo woo

Woo woo

Nobody can do it like a steam train

Gang:

It’s Rusty — split, hide

Greaseball:

Out of the way

Anyone can do it to a steam train

Rusty:

Woo woo

Woo woo

Nobody can do it like a steam train

Gang:

You going in for the race, steam train?

Should do

Nobody can do it like a steam train

Greaseball:

Who can do it like a steam train?

Gang:

He said nobody, so he’s nobody

Hi, nobody

Nobody

Steam train

That’ll teach you to show some respect for diesel

'Cause diesel’s gonna win it

Okay, Rusty?

Greaseball:

Okay, steam train?

Gang:

Okay, Rusty?

Rusty:

Call me Rusty if you like

Rusty’s how I look

And Rusty’s my name

Slow corrosion is eroding my frame

Call me Rusty if you like

Call me Rusty if you must

It isn’t nice but I admit that it fits

For a dead-end engine falling to bits

Call me Rusty if you like

Coaches:

Come on Rusty

Come on Rusty

Come on Rusty

Rusty:

This is not the dream I dreamed when they first lit my fire

Mainline coaches streamed behind as my steam rose higher

Switching and hitching at everyone’s call

Never occurred in my vision at all

But when they start the racing and you notice the steam

You know it’s me that’s moving on

And proving you should listen to your dream

Call me Rusty if you dare

'Cause when you see me on the finishing line

And when I take the place that’s rightfully mine

Call me Rusty if you dare

Coaches:

Listen to this big shot talking he seems to imply

All the trains will just move over and let him by

Pearl:

Rusty you can not believe all that stuff

Coaches:

You mustn’t go racing you’re not tough enough

You’ll either be a hundred miles away at the back

Or worse they’ll find you scattered in a million rusty pieces 'round the track

Rusty:

Call me Rusty if you dare

'Cause when you see me on the finishing line

And when I take the place that’s rightfully mine

Call me Rusty

Coaches:

Hello Rusty, good boy Rusty, hello Rusty, good boy Rusty

Rusty:

Call me Rusty I don’t care