Riverboat Fantasy

I can still hear the riverboat squeal
Smell the black smoke rollin', see the people wavin'
Ridin' on the river's Delta Queen

When I was just a young lad, I had a fantasy
That I would be the captain of the Queen
Each mornin' I would run down by the riverside
To watch her as she'd go passin' by

I can still hear the riverboat squeal
Smell the black smoke rollin', see the people wavin'
Ridin' on the river's Delta Queen

Now I'm almost eighty and it's been a long, long time
Since I had that captain's dream of mine
The Delta Queen has come and gone and the memories are few
'Cept the day that my captain's dream came true

I can still hear the riverboat squeal
Smell the black smoke rollin', see the people wavin'
Ridin' on the river's Delta Queen

I can still hear the riverboat squeal
Smell the black smoke rollin', see the people wavin'
Ridin' on the river's Delta Queen
Ridin' on the river's Delta Queen