| Lyrics: | Way out west an Arizona cowboy tends the herd
The dessert lies beneath a sky of blue
Far
away, in brightest day, a ghostly sound is heard
The phantom of the rail comes into
view
Hear that lonesome whistle callin'
On his lonely ear is fallin'
Loud and
clear, just hear that lonesome wail
But it's just the ghost, the phantom of the
rail
Little did he know the train was wrecked in '84
After it had crossed the Great
Divide
Every year it tries again to make it just once more
If only to the California
Line
Hear that lonesome whistle callin'
On the barren dessert fallin'
Loud and
clear, just hear that lonesome wail
But it's just the ghost, the phantom of the
rail
Clickity-clack along the track, it's boiler showin' red
As on it comes along
the rusty rails
People that are ridin' in the cars have long been dead
Lost in time along
the Phantom Trail
Hear that lonesome whistle callin'
On the barren dessert
fallin'
Is it real to feel the very ground beneath him shake
As on it comes, the only run
it ever makes
Cross here comes the phantom, as his eyes in wonder gaze
His pony shys
and heads in for the brush
And as it comes upon him terror grips his heart,
amazed
Leapin' to avoid it's onward rush
Hear that lonesome whistle callin'
On
the barren dessert fallin'
Thought he saw the engineer, thought he heard him once more
wail
As on he went, forever bent, on stayin' on the ghost train rail |
