Took the cannonball down to the ocean

Crossed the desert from 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 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, "Hey, how do you do?"

Ah, hey, yeah

I took the cannonball down to the ocean

And watched 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?"

"Hey, how do you do?"

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