She used to be an ironhorse   Twenty years ago   Used to bring the mail to me   Through the ice and snow   I've sat alone and watched her   Steaming through the night   Ninety tons of thunder   Lighting up the sky      She was a princess of the night   I saw the writing on the wall   She was a princess of the night   I take a ride across the sky      Speeding, sparks like lightning   Engine working hard   Furnace on the foot plate   Shining in the night   Iron striking metal   The sound of racing steel   It's all I ever wanna hear   It's music to my ears      She was a princess of the night   I saw the writing on the wall   She was a princess of the night   I take a ride across the sky      She was a princess of the night   I saw the writing on the wall   She was a princess of the night   I take a ride across the sky      Ninety tons of thunder   Lighting up the sky   Steaming red hot pistons   See the wheels flash by   Hear the whistle blowing   Streaking down the track   If I ever had my way   I'd bring the princess back one day      She was a princess of the night   I saw the writing on the wall   She was a princess of the night   I take a ride across the sky   (sky, sky, sky)