I took the cannonball down to the ocean
Across the desert from sea to shining sea
Fifty million feet of earth between the buried and me
"How do you do?"
She said, "Hey, how do you do?"
She buys a ticket cause it's cold where she comes from
She climbs aboard because she's scared of getting older in the snow
Hold on to me darling I've got nowhere else to go
"How do you do?"
She said, "Hey, how do you do?" hey
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I took the cannonball down to the ocean
Watched the diesel disappear beneath the tumbling waves
"Remember everything." she said, "when only memory remains."
"How do you do?"
She said, "Hey, how do you do?"
"How do you do?"
She said, "Hey, how do you do?"