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 climbes 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 dissapear beneath the tumbling waves Love is a ghost train howling on the radio "Rember everything" she said "When only memory remains"