I took the cannon ball down to the ocean Across the desert from the sea to shining sea I rode a ladder that climbed across the nation 50 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 climbs aboard because she's scared of getting older in the snow Love is a ghost train through the darkness
Hold on to me darling i got no place to go "how do you do?" She said "hey, how do you do?" I took the cannonball down to the ocean Watch 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?"