The Streamlined Cannonball Lyrics - Hank Snow

A long steel rail and a short crosstie 

I'm on my way back home 

I'm on the train, the king of them all 

The Streamlined Cannonball 

(Chorus) 

Oh, she drives along like a cannonball 

Like a star on its heavenly flight 

This lonesome sound of the whistle you love 

As she travels thru the night 

Her headlight gleams out into the night 

Her firebox flash you see 

The blinds I ride and the lights I love 

Are home, sweet home, to me 

(Repeat chorus) 

I can see the smile of an engineer 

Although he's old and gray 

A contented heart he awaits back home 

Of the Streamlined Cannonball 

(Repeat chorus)