Texas Special

You have heard about that training call
That wob Cannonball
And that famous
Golden rocket and that hummingbird so small
But if you want a streamline baby
That will beat them all
It's a Texas special

You travel 90 Miles an hour
Down those ribbons made a Steel
You hear the clickedy clack
Out of every flying wheel
If you've ever seen an eagle fly
Then you'll know how it feel
Of the Texas special

Feel the power of that diesel engine
Firing through the night
See the warning of the headlight
As it flashes left and right
Hear that Mighty whistle blowing
From that cabin red and white
Of the Texas special

Every time she left St Louis
You can hear that whistle blow
It's a happy kind of sound because that streamline baby knows
That she's headed back for Texas where the old blue banners grow
It's a Texas special

Now before I go to heaven and I see that promised Land
I have just one last request before I join that Heaven band
To have my picture taken with that throttle in my hand
On the Texas special