On The Atchison, Topeka, And The Santa Fe

Do you hear that whistle down the line? I figure that it's Engine Number 49 She's the only one that'll sound that way On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe See the ol' smoke risin' 'round the bend I reckon that she knows she's gonna meet a friend Folks around these parts get the time of day From the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe Here she comes (Ooh, ooh, ooh) Hey, Jim, you better get the rig (Ooh, ooh, ooh) She's got a list of pa*sengers that's pretty big And they'll all want lifts to Brown's Hotel 'Cause lots o' them been travelin' for quite a spell On the way to Californiay On the Atchison, Topeka On the Atchison, Topeka On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe Ooh ee, Atchison, Topeka, Santa Fe Atchison, Topeka On the roads back East are mighty swell The Chesapeake, Ohio and the ASL But I make my run and I make my pay On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe Goin' back and forth along these aisles My land, you must've walked about a million miles It's a treat to be on your feet all day On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe Here she comes (Comin' down the line) Raa du raa, du raa du, raa raa raa (On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe) She really racin' down the line Looky, looky, looky, look, look, look (Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe) Oh, boy, we're huffin' and a puffin' on the 49 In this day and age, girls don't leave home But if you get a hankerin', you wanna roam Our advice to you is run away On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe What a lovely day, I'm feeling so fresh and alive And I'm so glad to arrive, it's all so grand It's easy to see you don't need a palace To feel like Alice in Wonderland Back in Ohio, where I come from I've done a lot of dreamin' and I've traveled some But I never thought, I'd see the day When I ever took a ride on the Santa Fe (Wanna take a ride on the Santa Fe) I would lean across my window sill And hear the whistle echoin' across the hill Then I'd watch the lights till they'd fade away On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe What a thrill (What a great big wonderful thrill) With the wheels a-singin' 'Westward ho' (With the wheels a-singin' hum, ho) Right from the day I heard them start (I heard the wheels a-singin') 'Cross the Kansas plains through New Mexico (Across the plains, hum, ho) I guess I've got a little gypsy in my heart When I'm old and gray and settled down If I ever get a chance to sneak away from town Then I'll spend my busman's holiday On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe All aboard (We came across the country lickety-split) Goin' ninety miles an hour, fit to be tied) I can't believe I'm here at last Woo oo ooo (When you go travelin', it's natch for you) (To take the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe) Can't believe that anything would go so fast Then you pull that throttle, whistle blows A huffin' and a puffin' and away she goes All aboard for Californiay, hey On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe