i've packed my bags
got my ticket too
and one more lucky dollar
i'll be gone when she comes rollin' through
that Erie-Lackawanna
she's comin' now whistlin' low and sweet
like a fervent prayer callin'
mr. porter please show me to my seat
and before the stars have fallen
roll on, roll on
wend westward from that jaded sun
roll on, roll on
where lovers play and dreamers run
roll on
i love the sparks, the smoke, the thunder
give me the chase and i am whole
wanna feel the magic, know the wonder
show me the night as black as coal
ask any child, it's so very plain
you can see it if you wanna
the soul abides on a midnight train
and the Erie-Lackawanna
rolls on...
roll on
she calls you now
go! that's the one
roll on, roll on
where lovers play and dreamers run
roll on, roll on
speed westward from the waking sun
roll on, roll on
before the veil of night's undone
roll on...
you love the sparks, the smoke, the thunder
you need the chase to make you whole
all aboard that Erie-Lackawanna
embrace the child that is your soul
roll on...
i love the sparks, the smoke, the thunder
give me the chase and i am whole
wanna feel the magic, know the wonder
show me the night
black as coal
follow your child
