Streamlined Cannonball

[Verse 1]
A long steel rail, a short cross tie
I'm on my way back home
I’m on the train, the king of them all
The streamlined cannonball

[Chorus]
She moves along like a cannonball
Like a star at its heavenly flight
This lonesome sound from the whistle you love
As she travels through the night

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 2]
Her headlight gleams out in the night
The firebox flash, you see
The blinds I ride, the life that I love
It's home sweet home to me

[Verse 3]
I can see the smile of the engineer
Although he's old and gray
A contendеd heart, he waits the call
Of thе streamlined cannonball

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]
She moves along like a cannonball
Like a star at its heavenly flight
This lonesome sound from the whistle you love
As she travels through the night