Howdy Do America

Here's a little story 'bout the train I ride

The steam locomotive called the Stars and Stripes

Stoked up and cuttin' through the countryside

Hear the wheels a-rollin'

Hear the whistle blowin'

Howdy do, America

She's a-climbin' up the mountain through the redwood grove

Cross the painted desert where the cactus grow

Over the Mississippi where the paddle wheels go

Hear the bells a-ringin'

Can't keep from singin'

Howdy do, America

Maybe you're from Montana or up in Indiana

Oklahoma, Arizona, down in Alabama

Wavin' out the window at the land we love

Howdy do, America

Flyin' to Philadelphia on the Liberty Bell

A jet airliner that you all know well

Over farms and fields, give the folks a yell

Passin' over prairies

Superior and Erie

Howdy do, America

Maybe you're from Colorado, New Hampshire or Nevada

Alaska, Nebraska or somewhere down in Florida

Just a-wavin' out the window at the land we love

Howdy do, America

Singin', "Hey, y'all, how's it goin'?"

Greetings, salutations

Hey, yo, whatcha know?

All across the nation

It don't really matter which words you say

As long as you say 'em with a smile on your face

Now, my thumbs out, headed south

Bummin' me a ride

But got to make it home to see my newborn child

She was born on the mornin' of the 4th of July

Howdy do, America

Maybe you're from Minnesota or one of the Dakotas

Utah, Arkansas, Maine or California

We are one big nation under God above

Where the tough gets goin', when the goin' gets tough

And there ain't no wonder it's the land I love

Howdy do, America