Smokestack Lightning Poem by Val Brooklyn Rogers

Wooot wooo
Wooot wooo
Hear my train comin'
Watch the hope spew from that smoke stack.
Oh, watch that locomotion coming round the curve
Wooot wooo, she got nerve. See that smokestack
Shinin' BRIGHTLY like a bolt of LIGHTNIN' STRKIN'
Listen to her singin' on the track

I'm boardin' the 1137 to New York city.
Keep your self pretty 'til I get back.
I'm tellin' you like it is.
Tellin' you where it's at.

There ain't gonna be no CHANGE in me
And no charge
Listen to my train pullin' in.
Look at that solid gold smokestack the engine too.
Watch the moon beamin', Brimmin' with love
For this locomotive
Don't cry. I'll be back one day

Riding' this bright New train.
I'm going all the way.
Yeah look at that smoke risin'
Here I come New York City.
I comin' to play at the COTTON.
Sprinklin' trumpet notes
Everywhere I go.

Shinin' BRIGHTLY such like a bolt of
Lightnin' strikin.
That's the smokestack Jack.
Look at that baby FUNCTION

Wooot wooo bye bye New Orleans
Farewell BAY BEE farewell
And all that JAZZ