well i ve been ridin on the santa fe train ridin all night long i ve been ridin on the santa fe train just tryin to find my way back home well my daddy had a homestead on the old great plains been there since he was a kid promises were made we would break these rusty chains well the banks all failed but the reigns never did now i ve been ridin on this santa fe train ridin all night long i ve been ridin on this santa fe train just tryin to find my way back home mr hayline called a meeting at the old country store and he said we s all bein robbed well the trestle bridge was burnin they was lookin for a fight me i headed out lookin for a job well i found me a good job out in abilene i was makin three bucks a day until someone threw a brick through the window of my dreams mr hoover came and swept it all away now i ve been ridin on this santa fe train ridin all night long i ve been ridin on this santa fe train just tryin to find my way back home here we go now the world can be deceiving and the wind can blow so hard especially down that old iron reel as the train blew towards the trestle i was dealt my final card if you listen you can hear my ghostly wheel now i ve been ridin on this santa fe train ridin all night long i ve been ridin on this santa fe train just tryin to find my way back home