Intro: verse 1 It's a long steel rail and a short cross tie 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 it's heavenly flight The lonesome sound of the whistle you love As she travels through the night Instrumental verse 2 I can see a smile on the engineer's face And although he's old and gray A contented heart he waits for his call On the streamline cannonball She moves along like a cannonball Like a star in it's heavenly flight The lonesome sound from the whistle you love As she travels through the night Instrumental verse 3 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 it's heavenly flight The lonesome sound of the whistle you love As she travels through the night Outro: Travels through the night (Fade)
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