I took the cannonball down to the ocean
across the desert from sea to shining sea
i rode a ladder that climbs across the nation
fifty 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 where 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, "how do you do?"

i took the cannonball down to the ocean
watched the diesel disappear beneath the tumbling waves
love is a ghost train howling on the radio
"remember everything." she said, "when only memory remains."

"how do you do?"
she said, "hey, how do you do?"