There's a shiny locomotive steaming down the track
The engineer is driving from Des Moines to Hackensack
The train comes puffing toward the station
You can feel the ground around you shake
The wigwag drops, the whistle blows and
Brakeman Bob applies the engine brake
The Bo-Bo reaches Full Moon Junction, passengers detrain
The porter grabs the luggage that has traveled here from Maine
The diner car is empty now but it will fill again and leave at noon
With Uncle Neds and newlyweds out celebrating on their honeymoon
All aboard we're ridin'
Down the tracks we're glidin' along
And we're singing a song
All aboard we're leavin'
On this train from Cleveland
By the evening we'll be long gone
And on the train a singer of renown
She sang the blues in a violet gown
The driver's name is Diamondstone, he rides the rails all day
What Graham Bell knew of telephones he knows of this railway
And of the gandy dancers
Who are waiting at the stations 'cross the land
They'll hop aboard and set things right and
GIve ol' Diamondstone a helping hand
All aboard we're ridin'
Down the tracks we're glidin' along
And we're singing a song
All aboard we're leavin'
On this train from Cleveland
By the evening we'll be long gone
The boiler makes the steam that moves the train
The switcher joins the cars into a chain
The tanker car is filled with oily crude
The diner car is where you chew your food
Chew chew chew your food
Chew chew chew your food
Don't forget to chew chew chew your food
Tickets please (choo choo)
Watch your elbows and knees (choo choo)
Listen to that old engine wheeze
(All aboard the train!)
You can ride with friends, or all alone
Just leave the work to Diamondstone
All aboard we're ridin'
Down the tracks we're glidin' along
And we're singing a song
All aboard we're leavin'
On this train from Cleveland
By the evening we'll be long gone
(Move all the way to the back!)
By the evening we'll be long gone
(Next stop Hackensack!)
By the evening we'll be long...
(All aboard!)
Gone