On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe chords by Christine Ebersole
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Good evening, everyone
Do you remember those old movies
how glamorous train travel used to be
with the elegant dining cars
and the steamer trunks
and the porters and the Bellman
and the five -cent tips and
Romance was always waiting
at the end of the line
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That's exactly how I pictured it
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the first time I left,
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New York City to seek
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fame and fortune
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In Hollywood, California
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Do you hear that whistle down the line?
I figure that it's engine number 49
She's the only one that'll
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sound that way
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On the outskirts of Topeka and
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the Santa Fe
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See the old smoke rising round the bend
I reckon that she knows
she's gonna meet a friend
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Folks around these parts
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get the time of day
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On the outskirts of Topeka
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and the Santa Fe
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Here she comes
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Ooh -ooh -ooh -ooh -ooh -ooh -ooh -ooh
Hey Jim, you better get the ring
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Oo h -ooh -ooh -ooh
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-ooh -ooh -ooh -ooh
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She's got a list
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of passengers
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that's pretty big
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And they all want lifts to Brown's Hotel
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Cause lots of them are traveling
for quite a spell
All the way from Philadelphia
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On the outskirts of
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Topeka and the Santa Fe
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All aboard, all aboard
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Chugga -chugga -chugga -chugga,
ooh -ooh
Chugga -chugga -chugga -chugga,
ooh -ooh
Let her rip, let her rip, Mr. Engineer
Gotta go, gotta go far away from here
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While the man at the fire
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shovels in the cold
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Stick your head out the cab,
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watch the drivin' road
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See the towns and the roads
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go a -whizzin' by
Fare thee well, Laramie Alba, Kirky High
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Yes indeed, here we are,
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goin' all the way
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Must quit till we hit California
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On the Atchison,
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Topeka and the Santa Fe
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On the axis in Topeka and the Santa Fe
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Here she comes
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Ooh, I can't be
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lieve we're here at last
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Ooh, I can't believe
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that anything could go so fast
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Back in Illinois, where I come from
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I done a lot of dreamin'
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and I've traveled some
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But I never thought I'd
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see the day
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When I take a ride
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On the axis in Topeka
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On the axis in Topeka
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And the Santa Fe
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I'm a part of you
Outro 1
I'm part of you
On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe
Christine Ebersole
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