Princess of the Night

She used to be an iron horse twenty years ago

Used to bring the mail to me through the ice and snow

I've sat alone and watched her steaming through the night

Ninety tons of thunder lighting up the sky

She was the princess of the night

We saw the writing on the wall

She was a princess of the night

I take a ride across the sky

Speeding, smokestack, lightning, engine working hard

Furnace on the footplate, shining in the night

Iron striking metal, the sound of racing steel

It's all I ever wanna hear, it's music to my ears

She was a princess of the night

We saw the writing on the wall

She was a princess of the night

I take a ride across the sky

She was a princess of the night

We saw the writing on the wall

She was a princess of the night

I take a ride across the sky

Ninety tons of thunder lighting up the sky

Steaming, red-hot pistons, see the wheels flash by

Hear the whistle blowing, streaking down the track

If I ever had my way, I'd bring the princess back one day

She was a princess of the night

We saw the writing on the wall

She was a princess of the night

I take a ride across the sky

Sky, sky, sky