The long steel rail and a short cross tie
I'm on my way back home
I'm on this 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 of the whistle you love
As she travels through the night
Her headlights gleam out into the night
My firebox flash you see
The blinds I ride, the lights I love
It's home sweet home to me
She moves along like a cannonball
Like a star in its heavenly flight
The lonesome sound of the whistle I love
As she travels through the night
I can see the smile of the engineer
Although he's old and gray
Contented heart, he awaits back home
On the Streamlined Cannonball
She moves along like a cannonball
Like a star in its heavenly flight
The lonesome sound of the whistle I love
As she travels through the night
She moves along like a cannonball
Like a star in its heavenly flight
The lonesome sound of the whistle I love
As she travels through the night
She moves along like a cannonball
Like a star in its heavenly flight
The lonesome sound of the whistle I love
As she travels through the night
The lonesome sound of the whistle I love
As she travels through the night
The lonesome sound of the whistle I love
As she travels through the night
The lonesome sound of the whistle I love
As she travels through the night
