It's a long steel rail and a short coastline I'm on my way back home
I'm on that train, the king of them all That streamlined cannonball
She moves along like a cannonball Like a star in its heavenly flight
The lonesome sound from the whistle you love As she travels through the night
I can see a smile on the engineer's face And although he's old and grey
A contented heart, he waits for his call On that streamlined cannonball
She moves along like a cannonball Like a star in its heavenly flight
The lonesome sound from the whistle you love As she travels through the night
The headlight beams out in the night And the firebox flash you can see
I ride them blinds, it's the life that I love Lord, it's home, sweet home to me
She moves along like a cannonball Like a star in its heavenly flight
The lonesome sound from the whistle you love As she travels through the night
Travels through the night
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