Now I've been an engine driver all of my days
  That's the only thing I can do
  I hold a good head of steam everywhere that I'm seen
  Wherever my wheels rolled through
  Wherever my wheels rolled through
  Well, I was nearly shut down in a Midwest town
  Her hair was red, her eyes were blue
  But the wheels on the track kept calling me back
  So I bid that girl adieu
  Yes, I bid that girl adieu
  Blow whistle, steel wheels keep on humming
  Hold on darling your engine driver's coming
  He's coming through
  Some day I'll have to give up the iron line
  And then I'll know just what I will find
  I'll find me some shack by some old railroad track
  So I can hear them motors whine
  So I can hear them motors whine
  Blow whistle, hear them steel rails humming
  Hold on darling your engineer is coming
  He's coming through
  Now I've been an engine driver all of my days
  That's the only thing I can do
  I hold a good head of steam anywhere that I'm seen
  Anywhere my trains rolled through
  Anywhere my trains rolled through
  Blow whistle, hear that steel rail humming
  Hold on girl your engine driver's coming
  Coming to you