Ghost Trains Lyrics

It was early in the fall and a-blowin' up a squall

From the trestle you could hear the weirdest moans

With a mighty lonesome cry came a whistle from the sky

And it chilled the very marrow in my bones

Then a loud, rushing roar, like you never heard before

Turned the blood to icy water in my veins

As I watched with rising fear, something strange was drawing near

And I saw in the clouds ghost trains

Ghost trains, ghost trains, what a fearful sight

The Cannonball and Number Nine were racing thru the night

Just as they passed me by, I heard the engineer cry

Give her coal, give her coal, shovel it on

You could see the fireman grinnin', in the engine that was winnin'

But I knew before the finish they'd be gone

But he knew before the finish they'd be gone
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You could see the driver's roll as they shoveled on the coal

And the black smoke came pouring from the stacks

As they thundered thru the sky, I am here to testify

You could hear the wheels a-clickin' on the tracks

Thru the smoke and the steam, you could see the headlights gleam

Now I have no proof, but still the fact remains

You may doubt it, but I swear, there were cinders in my hair

When I saw in the clouds ghost trains

Ghost trains, ghost trains, what a fearful sight

The Cannonball and Number Nine were racing thru the night

Just as they passed me by, I heard the engineer cry

Give her coal, give her coal, shovel it on

You could see the fireman grinnin', in the engine that was winnin'

As I watched I saw them fade into the dawn

As he watched he saw them fade into the dawn