I took the cannonball down to the ocean

Across the desert from sea to shining sea

I rode a ladder that climbs 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 where she comes from

She climbs 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, "How do you do?"



I took the cannonball down to the ocean

Watched the diesel disappear beneath the tumbling waves

Love is a ghost train howling on the radio

"Remember everything." she said, "when only memory remains."



"How do you do?"

She said, "Hey, how do you do?"