This Train Keeps Rolling Along

All aboard in Montreal
I heard the conductor call
And that old engine heaved a sigh
Suitcases and shuffling feet
I found my way to a window seat
I love to watch the world go by

Made friends with a family
Bound for Sault Ste Marie
They said goodbye at Sudbury Junction
I Guess I hated to see 'em go
Thought about 'em as it started to snow
Time stops for nothing or no one

This train keeps rolling along
From here to the great beyond
black smoke, pistons churn
steel rails, big wheels turn
This train keeps rolling along

Across the endless prairie land
Mighty buffalo used to stand
Cree and the Blackfoot lived and died
Of the Rockies, nestled in the trees,
I fell in love with Lake Louise
Smiling with her sparkling emerald eyes

This train keeps rolling along
From here to the great beyond
black smoke, pistons churn
steel rails, big wheels turn
This train keeps rolling along

Soon we'll reach the sea
And there I'll stand
With nothing but the blue
Between me and Japan

Now I'm at the end of the line
Out of track, out of time
Conductor makes his final round
All the people and places past
They went by just a little too fast
How I wish I could've slowed this engine down.

This train keeps rolling along
From here to the great beyond
black smoke, pistons churn
steel rails, big wheels turn
This train keeps rolling along

This train keeps rolling along
This train keeps rolling along

It keeps on rolling
Rolling along
It keeps on rolling


Lyrics by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band