'Twas in the year of '89
On that old chicago line
When the winter wind was blowing shrill
The rails were froze
The winds were cold
Then the air brakes wouldn't hold
And number 9 came
Roaring down the hill
The runaway train came down
The track and she blew she blew
The runaway train came down
The track and she blew she blew
The runaway train came
Down the track
Her whistle wide and her throttle back
And she blew blew blew blew blew
The engineer said the train must halt and she blew she blew
The engineer said the train must halt and she blew she blew
The engineer said the train must halt
He said it was all the fireman's fault
And she blew blew blew blew blew
The conductor said there'd be a wreck and she blew she blew
The conductor said there'd be a wreck and she blew she blew
The conductor said there'd be a wreck and
He felt the chills run down his neck
And she blew blew blew blew blew
The runaway train went over the hill and she blew she blew
The runaway train went over the hill and she blew she blew
The runaway train
Went over the hill
And the last we heard
She was going still
And she blew blew blew blew blew
T'was in the year of '89
On that old chicago line
When the winter wind was blowing shrill
The rails were froze
The winds were cold
Then the air brakes wouldn't hold
And number 9 came
Roaring down the hill
The runaway train came down
The track and she blew she blew
The runaway train came down
The track and she blew she blew
The runaway train came
Down the track
Her whistle wide and her throttle back
And she blew blew blew blew blew
