作曲：Bruce U Utah Phillips

Daddy what's a train Is it something I can ride

Does it carry lots of grown-up folks

And little kids inside

Is it bigger than our house Well how can I explain

When my little boy and girl ask me

Daddy what's a train

When I was just a boy and living by the track

Us kids would gather up the coal in big ole gunnysacks

Then we heard the warning sound

As the train pulled into view

The engineer would smile

And wave as she went rolling through

She blew so loud and clear we had to cover up our ears

And we counted cars just as high as we could go

I can almost hear the steam those big old drivers scream

A sound my little kids will never know

Daddy what's a train Is it something I can ride

Does it carry lots of grown-up folks and little kids inside

Is it bigger than our house Well how can I explain

When my little boy and girl ask me Daddy what's a train

I guess the times have changed kids are different now

'Cause some don't even seem to know

That milk comes from a cow

My little boy can tell the names of all the baseball stars

I remember how we memorized

The names on railroad cars

The Wabash and the TP Lackawanna the IC

The Nichel-Plate and the good old Santa Fe

Just names out of the past I guess they're fading fast

Every time I hear my little boy say

Daddy what's a train Is it something I can ride

Does it carry lots of grown-up

Folks and little kids inside

Is it bigger than our house Well

How can I explain

When my little boy and girl ask me Daddy what's a train

We climbed into the car drove down into town

Right up to the depot house but no one was around

We searched the yard together

For something I could show

But I knew there hadn't been a train

For a dozen years or so

All the things I did when I was just a kid

How far away those memories appear

I guess it's plain to see they still mean a lot to me

'Cause my ambition was to be an engineer

Daddy what 's a train Is it something I can ride

Does it carry lots of grown-up folks and little kids inside

Is it bigger than our house Well how can I explain

When my little boy and girl ask me 'Daddy what's a train