Steam train goes so fast 
Goes so far away 
I hear that engine sing 
Listen to what it say 
Gonna get me on that track 
Get on board some day 
Hear that whistle blow 
She cry out in the night 
See the flame light a smokestack 
Such a beautiful sight 
She tell me she going somewhere 
And everything going to be alright 
Steam train blues 
She's in the distance now 
But I still hear her piston roar 
She's in the distance now 
But I still hear her piston roar 
Ain't coming back no more 
Steam train blues