(Adam Duritz) I too kthe cannonball down to the ocean Across the desert from sea to shinging sea I rode a ladder the climbs across the nation Fifty million feet of earth between the buried and me
CHORUS "How do you do?" She said, "Hey, how do you do?
SHe buys a ticket 'cause it's cold where she comes from She climbs aboard because she's scared of getting older in the snow Love is a ghost train rumbling through the darkness Hold on to me darling I've got nowhere else to go
CHORUS
I took the cannonball down to the ocean Watched the diesel disappear beneath the rumbling waves Love is a ghost train howling on the radio "Remember everything," she said, "when only memory remains."