[Verse 1] Hear that whistle cryin' down the Tennessee line the Midnight Cannonball, she's runnin' right on time I got a one-way ticket and a heart that's bound to roam ridin' that iron horse all the way back home [Fiddle Break] [Verse 2] She come through the mountain like a rollin' clap of thunder sparks on the rail and the whole wide world under forty tons of steel and a midnight moan carry me, Cannonball, carry me home [Fiddle Break] [Verse 3] Conductor, conductor, won't you let her fly the dawn's comin' up on the Carolina sky I'll be HOME by mornin' where the dogwoods bloom on the Midnight Cannonball, leavin' too soon [Outro] carry me, Cannonball, carry me home
