Ghost Train

I took the cannonball down to the ocean
Across the desert from the sea to shining sea
I rode a ladder that climbed across the nation
Fifty million feet of earth between the buried and me

'How do you do?'
She said 'Hey, how do you do?'


She buys a ticket cause it's cold were she comes from
She climbs aboard because she's scared of getting older in the snow
Love is a ghost train rumbling through the darkness
Hold on to me darling I've got nowhere else to go

'How do you do?'
She said 'Hey, how do you do?'


I took the cannonball down to the ocean
Watched the diesel disappear beneath the tumbling waves
Love is a ghost train howling on the radio
'Remember everything' she said 'When only memory remains'

'How do you do?'
She said 'Hey, how do you do?'