I took the cannonball down to the ocean
across the desert from the sea to shining sea
I rode a ladder that climbed 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 were 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 got no where else 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 memories remain"
"how do you do?"
She said "Hey, how do you do?"