She used to be an ironhorse twenty years ago
Used to bring the mail to me through the ice and snow
I've sat alone and watched her steaming through the night
Ninety tons of thunder clouding up the sky

She was the princess of the night (*)
We saw the writing on the wall
She was the princess of the night
I'd take a ride across the sky

Speeding sparks like lightning, engine working hard
Burning on the footplate shining in the night
Iron striking metal the sound of racing steel
That's all I ever wanna hear, it's music in my ears

(Repeat *)

Ninety tons of thunder clouding up the sky
Steaming right on pistons see the wheels flash by
Hear the whistle blowing steaming down the track
If I ever had my way I'd bring the princess back one day