From the San Diego seaside
To the San Francisco Bay
Sonoma County cotton fields
On up to San Jose
Ripping through Los Angeles
In sunshine or in rain
Merced to Sacramento
California bullet train

Listen to the jingle, the rumble and the roar
As she glides along the woodlands
Through the hills and by the shore
Hear the mighty rush of her engine
Hear that hobo’s lost refrain
Traveling up the coastline
California bullet train

Two hundred miles an hour
Hear the humming of the wheels
Desert winds of Palmdale
Orange groves of Bakersfield
Playgrounds of Anaheim
Through the Fresno valley plain
Roaring up the coastline
California bullet train

Listen to the jingle, the rumble and the roar
As she glides along the woodlands
Through the hills and by the shore
Hear the mighty rush of her engine
Hear that hobo’s lost refrain
Traveling up the coastline
California bullet train

Your car burns up the atmosphere
And you can’t read magazines
And the airplane makes you wait in line
And they cram you like sardines
Two hours forty minutes, San Francisco to LA
Step up and All Aboard
California bullet train

Listen to the jingle, the rumble and the roar
As she glides along the woodlands
Through the hills and by the shore
Hear the mighty rush of her engine
Hear that hobo’s lost refrains
Traveling up the coastline
California bullet train

(lyrics: Dan Bern)