It takes a certain kind of man So though that they can tame a land To drive those silver rails across the plains Through scorching heat and wintertime The hammers fell in ceaseless time A relentless juggernaut beyond compare But one man lived Legendary for everything he did A man known as Phineas Gage So tall and strong with features fine The ladies swooned when he'd walk by In his bed the harlots he'd tame Of all the men who ever lived The slaves who built the pyramids Had nothing on Phineas Gage He was the man who would not die How is it that he's still alive? The strange mind of Phineas Gage His sliver rod's blown through his head A gaping hole, He should be dead But Phineas got back to his feet The silver rod he'd custom made Was found 300 yards away Red and slicked with Phineas' brains With doctor's help They reattached his skull and scalp And he swore that he never felt pain He went insane, he lost his mind Impulse control he'd left behind Obscenities he screamed into the night Of all the men who ever lived The slaves who built the pyramids Had nothing on Phineas Gage He was the man who would not die How is it that he's still alive? The strange mind of Phineas Gage