What a lovely trip, I'm feeling so fresh and alive   And I'm so glad to arrive, it's all so grand   It's easy to see you don't need a palace   To feel like Alice in Wonderland      Back in Ohio where I come from   I've done a lot of dreamin' and I've traveled some   But I never thought I'd see the day   When I ever took a ride on the Santa Fe   (Wanna take a ride on the Santa Fe)      I would lean across my window sill   And hear the whistle echoin' across the hill   Then I'd watch the lights till they fade away   On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe      What a thrill   (What a great big wonderful thrill)   With the wheels a-singin' westward ho   Right from the day I heard them start   'Cross the Kansas plains from New Mexico   I guess I've got a little gypsy in my heart      When I'm old and grey and settled down   If I ever get a chance to sneak away from town   Then I'll spend my bus man's holiday   On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe      All aboard   (We came across the country lickety-split)   (Rollin' ninety miles an hour)   I can't believe I'm here at last   (When you go travellin', it's best for you)   (To take the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe)      I can't believe that anything could go so fast   Then you pull that throttle, whistle blows   A-huffin' and a-puffin' and away she goes   All aboard for California, hey      On the Atchison   On the Atchison, Topeka   On the Atchison, Topeka   On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe