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 streamline 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

I can see a smile on the engineer's face

And although he's old and gray

A contented heart the waits for his call

On the streamline cannonball

The headlight beams out in the night

And the firebox flash you can see

I ride the blinds it's the life that I love

Lord it's home sweet home to me