Your father was a railroad man
Wine glass fixed in his hand
Back then this land was their land
Amelia

Little red plane swishing by
Cries, rise above the rock island line
In the air your heart must fly
Amelia

Amelia, watching her go
Casting a shadow on the water below
Singing a song on Noah's great rainbow
How much they love you Amelia you'll never know

Traveling with nothing except her wit
Hershey bar and two handkerchiefs
All just to get a little more lift
Amelia

Smiling stepping onto the ground
Flash photography all around
Catching the queen of the air being crowned
Amelia

Amelia, watching her go
Casting a shadow on the water below
Singing a song on Noah's great rainbow
How much they love you Amelia you'll never know

Spark so bright and wick so short
Lonesome Bessie the Fire Horse
Realized that she'll never soar
Without Amelia

Every year on The Fourth of July
I hear a hollering in the sky
Almost can see her wobbling by
Amelia

Amelia, watching her go
Casting a shadow on the water below
Singing a song on Noah's great rainbow
How much they love you Amelia you'll never know