The ghost train in the sky

An engineer went ridin' out one dark and windy day
Upon a ridge he rested as he went along his way
When all at once a mighty train of burning steel he saw
A-plowin' through the ragged sky and up a cloudy draw
Yippie i ay Yippie i oh
The ghost train in the sky
It's stack was on fire and it's axles were steaming
It's wheels were shining and it's hot steam he could feel
A bolt of fear went through him as it thundered through the sky
For he saw the engineers inside, and he heard their mournful cry
Yippie i ay Yippie i oh
The ghost train in the sky
Their faces gaunt, their eyes were blurred, their shirts all soaked with sweat
They're ridin' on that train to their goal but they 'aint stopped yet
'Cuz they've gotta ride forever through that land up in the sky
On a train that's on fire, as they ride on, hear their cry 
Yippie i ay Yippie i oh
The ghost train in the sky
As the train loped on by him, he heard a engineer call his name
If you wanna save your soul from hell A-ridin' on this train
Then engineer change your ways today or with us you will ride
A-ridin on the devils train across these endless skies
Yippie i ay Yippie i oh
The ghost train in the sky
The ghost train in the sky