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 travelled 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 busman'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
   Woo-oo-ooo! (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! [California pronounced "californ-eye-ay"]
  
   On the Atchison (on the Atchison)
   On the Atchison, Topeka (on the Atchison, Topeka)
   On the Atchison, Topeka (on the Atchison, Topeka)
   On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe!