From the great salt lakes of Utah
To California's golden shore
Through the desert's burning door
Can't you see that mountain stream?
It's the California Zephyr,
See her rockin', see her rollin',
as she rambles on her way
She left L .A. this morning,
burnin' up the right -of -way
In the distance, hear her moanin',
hear her lonesome whistle scream
It's the California Zephyr,
She leaves the city of the angels,
just watch her swing and swing
And from way out in the darkness,
It's the California's effort,
From the great salt lakes of Utah
to California's golden shore
through the desert's burning door
While she's circling through
can't you see that mountain stream?
It's the California's effort