The Streamlined Cannonball Songtext
von Norman Blake

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

And she moves along like a cannonball
Like a star in its heavenly flight
And the lonesome sound is the whistle you love
As she travels on through the night


Her firebox gleams out through the night
That blaze of coal you see
The blinds I ride, it′s the life that I love
It's home sweet home to me

And she moves along like a cannonball
Like a star in its heavenly flight
And the lonesome sound is the whistle you love
As she travels on through the night

And I can see the smile of the engineer
Although he's old and gray
A contented heart, he awaits the call
Of his streamlined cannonball


And she moves along like a cannonball
Like a star in its heavenly flight
And the lonesome sound is the whistle you love
As she travels on through the night