took the cannon ball down to the ocean across the desert from the sea the shining sea i rode a ladder that climbed across the nation 50 million feet of earth between the buried and me how do you do she said hey how do you do she buys a ticket cause it s cold were she comes from she climbs aboard because she s scared of getting older in the snow love is a ghost train rumbling through the darkness hold on to me darling i ve got nowhere else to go how do you do she said hey how do you do hey i took the cannonball down to the ocean watch the diesel disappear beneath the tumbling waves love is a ghost train howling on the radio remember everything she said only memories remains how do you do she said hey how do you do hey how do you do she said hey how do you do 