Lyrics by: Johnny Mercer
Music by: Harry Warren
Originally made famous
by: Johnny Mercer
From the Album: Sinatra Remembers The Movies
From the Film: The Harvey Girls (1946)
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What a lovely trip, I'm feeling
so fresh and alive
And I'm so glad to arrive, it's
all so grand
It's easy to see you don't need
a palace
To feel like Alice in Wonderland
Back in Ohio where I come from
I've done a lot of dreamin' and
I've travelled some
But I never thought I'd see the
day
When I ever took a ride on the
Santa Fe
(wanna take a ride on the Santa
Fe)
I would lean across my window
sill
And hear the whistle echoin'
across the hill
Then I'd watch the lights till
they fade away
On the Atchison, Topeka and the
Santa Fe
What a thrill (what a great big
wonderful thrill)
With the wheels a-singin'
"westward ho"
Right from the day I heard them
start
'Cross the Kansas plains from
New Mexico
I guess I've got a little gypsy
in my heart
When I'm old and grey and
settled down
If I ever get a chance to sneak
away from town
Then I'll spend my busman's
holiday
On the Atchison, Topeka and the
Santa Fe
All aboard! (we came across the
country lickety-split)
(rollin' ninety miles an hour),
I can't believe I'm here at last
Woo-oo-ooo! (when you go
travellin', it's best for you
to take the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe!)
I can't believe that anything
could go so fast
Then you pull that throttle,
whistle blows
A-huffin' and a-puffin' and away
she goes
All aboard for California*, hey!
On the Atchison (on the
Atchison)
On the Atchison, Topeka (on the
Atchison, Topeka)
On the Atchison, Topeka (on the
Atchison, Topeka)
On the Atchison, Topeka and the
Santa Fe!
*California pronounced
"californ-eye-ay"