the jupiter is gleamin’ . . shinin’ in the sun everybody ready for the great cross country run tell me have you heard the story goin’ down the wire . . goin’ down the line?! she’s ready to be goin’ . . breathin’ smoke & steam she edges on the iron & the crowd begins to scream tell me have you heard the story of the jupiter . . & the 119? they fire off the cannons . . she blows a whistle blast goes flyin’ ‘round the corner movin’ strong & movin’ fast tell me have you heard the story goin’ down the wire . . goin’ down the line?! the jupiter is on the run headin’ for the setting sun & when she rests the east & west are tied & off from california . . from the sacramento yard the 119 is movin’ . . pushin’ strong & pushin’ hard she’s through the snowy mountains . . took ‘em right in stride crested the sierra & went down the other side tell me have you heard the story goin’ down the wire goin’ down the line tell me have you heard the story of the jupiter . . & the 119? ooh, ooh, ooh ooh, ooh, ooh ooh, ooh, ooh across the grassed horizon . . across the giant plain across a thousand miles of iron roars the mighty U.P. train she tops the sherman summit . . a mighty feat of man sails through echo canyon & across the dale creek span! tell me have you heard the story goin’ down the wire . . ? going down the line!? and through the fiery desert . . the 119 has run through the devil’s gorge . . beneath the blazin’ fiery sun through tunnels & through canyons cleared by shovel & by pick 10,000 men who blasted, clawed & hawled with muscles thick tell me have you heard the story of the jupiter & the 119? the jupiter is on the run headin’ for the setting sun & when she rests the east & west are tied ooh, ooh, ooh ooh, ooh, ooh ooh, ooh, ooh they’ve met in promontory . . from the east & west they’re here & all across the country they’ve raised a mighty cheer the mighty trains are polished . . on the tracks they proudly rest the crowd’s all gathered ‘round ‘em dressed up in their sunday best a big brass band is playin’ . . it’s a bright uncloudy day the speaker’s oratory . . & the bosses have their say the reverend says a prayer . . it’s mercifully short the drunken railmen laugh & the iron horses snort the engines move in closer. . they ease in down the line the champagne bottles pop . . so fill yer glass it’s toastin’ time! the engines ease for meetin’ . . nose to nose alike they raise the silver hammer & they nail the golden spike! tell me have you heard the story goin’ down the wire . . goin down the line!? tell me have you heard the story of the jupiter & the 119 tell me have you heard the story of the jupiter & the 119 ooh, ooh, ooh ooh, ooh, ooh ooh, ooh, ooh