Well that old trains rolling down the track
it's going to p.a. and ain't coming back
she's the 901 and she black and lean
flying down through new orleans

she's rolling down the track
she's rolling from town to town
she's rolling down the line tonight

she was build by men with arms of steel
they made her mean, she'll take any hill
she's the fastest thing on god's green earth
there's no one around who can do her work

started rolling in '56
nothing fancy can't do no tricks
they say some things are better that way
built in the past and in the u.s.a.

she's been across this land
from coast to coast
you know she the one who's done the most
they may never build one like her again
she's the hottest piece of iron in this whole land

she's rolling down the track
she's rolling from town to town
she's rolling in the u.s.a.
she's rolling down the line tonight
she's rolling, she's rolling, she's rollling