[00:01.26]Lyrics:Johnny Mercer Music:Harry Warren[00:06.78]What a lovely trip[00:08.37]I'm feeling so fresh and alive[00:12.90]And I'm so glad to arrive[00:19.53]It's all so grand[00:20.97]It's easy to see you don't need a palace[00:26.10]To feel like Alice in Wonderland[00:29.34]Back in Ohio where I come from[00:31.14]I've done a lot of dreamin' and I've travelled some[00:34.29]But I never thought I'd see the day[00:36.00]When I ever took a ride on the Santa Fe[00:39.09](wanna take a ride on the Santa Fe)[00:41.88]I would lean across my window sill[00:48.81]And hear the whistle echoin' across the hill[01:00.69]Then I'd watch the lights till they fade away[01:11.79]On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe[01:15.45]What a thrill (what a great big wonderful thrill)[01:20.13]With the wheels a- singin' "westward ho "[01:26.97]Right from the day I heard them start[01:31.11]'Cross the Kansas plains from New Mexico[01:33.72]I guess I've got a little gypsy in my heart[01:36.54]When I'm old and grey and settled down[01:42.39]If I ever get a chance to sneak away from town[01:43.92]Then I'll spend my busman's holiday[01:46.23]On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe[01:49.74]All aboard! (we came across the country lickety-split)[01:52.14](rollin' ninety miles an hour)[01:53.40]I can't believe I'm here at last[01:55.50]Woo - oo- ooo[02:09.24]I can't believe that anything could go so fast[02:12.03]Then you pull that throttle, whistle blows[02:17.04]A-huffin' and a-puffin' and away she goes[02:27.81]All aboard for California*, hey![02:32.22]On the Atchison (on the Atchison)[02:35.85]On the Atchison, Topeka (on the Atchison, Topeka)[02:37.80]On the Atchison, Topeka (on the Atchison, Topeka)[02:44.91]On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe!