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The Orange Blossom Special   the Wabash Cannonball    
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the Chatanooga choo choo this hobo's seen 'em all 
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I've watched the Santa Fe lay her smoke against the sky   
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and listened to old number three  rollin' through the night 
 
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CHORUS: Ride the train  ride the train  anywhere I'm goin'  
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I ride train  sleepin' in a box car when it rains 
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ride the train ride the train 
 
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The Southern Pacific  the Overland Express   
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and up ahead, the coal car  with West Virginia's best    
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and Oklahoma's Frisco the biggest one of all  
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I've listened to the silver steeds  lonesome midnight call 
 
REPEAT CHORUS 
 
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