What a lovely trip, I'm feeling so fresh and alive

And I'm so glad to arrive, it's all so grand

It's easy to see you don't need a palace

To feel like Alice in Wonderland

Back in Ohio where I come from

I've done a lot of dreamin' and I've travelled some

But I never thought I'd see the day

When I ever took a ride on the Santa Fe

(wanna take a ride on the Santa Fe)



I would lean across my window sill

And hear the whistle echoin' across the hill

Then I'd watch the lights till they fade away

On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe

What a thrill (what a great big wonderful thrill)

With the wheels a-singin' "westward ho"

Right from the day I heard them start

'Cross the Kansas plains from New Mexico

I guess I've got a little gypsy in my heart

When I'm old and grey and settled down

If I ever get a chance to sneak away from town

Then I'll spend my busman's holiday

On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe



All aboard! (we came across the country lickety-split)

(rollin' ninety miles an hour), I can't believe I'm here at last

Woo-oo-ooo! (when you go travellin', it's best for you

to take the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe!)

I can't believe that anything could go so fast

Then you pull that throttle, whistle blows

A-huffin' and a-puffin' and away she goes

All aboard for California*, hey!

On the Atchison (on the Atchison)

On the Atchison, Topeka (on the Atchison, Topeka)

On the Atchison, Topeka (on the Atchison, Topeka)

On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe!



*California pronounced "californ-eye-ay"