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
Travels through the night (Fade)