(Randy Handley/Jack Sundrud)  I remember my first ride  All aboard the eight-o-five  Ran from Dixie to Moline  Stopped about a hundred times between  Safe between my ma and pa  I saw boom-town America  Sailin' over waves of grain  Gone the way of the Heartland Train  Chorus:  H-o-o-o wa-a-h  On an iron horse to glory I did ride  H-o-o-o wa-a-h  When it felt like there was no end of the line  Holdin' on into the night  I counted every backwoods light  Lonesome whistle singin' sweet  Rhythm of the rails rock me to slee-eep  I dreamed I'd be the engineer  Steamin' through a new frontier  Boys will grow and dreams will fade  Gone the way of the Heartland Train  Chorus  Now all the farms amd old downtowns  Are boarded up or all torn down  Beaten by the winds of change  Gone the way of the Heartland Train  Yes, and...  Chorus X 2