Lyrics: Roy Acuff
Music: Roy Acuff
Included on the Jerry Garcia box set "All Good Things" (as an outtake from "Reflections"), but never played live. On the CD, it's succeeded by an un-named up-tempo jam.
The train I ride is the queen of them allNotes
The streamline cannonball
Chorus
She moves along like a cannonball
Like a star in it's heavenly flight
The train I ride is the queen of them all
The streamline cannonball
A long steel rail and a short cross tie (note 1)
I'm on my way back home
The train I ride is the queen of them all
The streamline cannonball
[chorus]
I can see the smile of the engineer
And although he's old and gray
Contented heart, he waits for the call
The streamline cannonball
She moves along like a cannonball
Like a star in it's heavenly flight
The lonesome sound of the whistle I love
As she rambles through the night
[chorus]
The train I ride is the queen of them all
The streamline cannonball
Jerry Garcia Recordings | |||||
Date | Album | Recorded By | |||
studio 1975 | All Good Things (additional disc) | Jerry Garcia Band |
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
Chorus
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, he waits for his call
On the streamline cannonball
[chorus]
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
[chorus]