Your dad's proud face is glowing As he recommends we buy goggles and flags All aboard and don't forget your bags Let's leave this place behind And I didn't get you a present But you don't seem to mind This party's leaving soon And your dad whistles a happy tune ♪ With Belgrave far behind We passed a house where I spent one Christmas And I wish we'd brought a camera with us So I could show my mom some slides Of this beauty that stretches far and wide Fields of gold, trees of green Columns o' steam Columns o' steam Columns o' steam And it seems I'm never gonna leave This day behind And I don't mind ♪ Your dad's proud face is glowing As he pours us all another pot of beer There's all the food and drink you'd ever want in here But the train's about to leave And your friend has won my heart But I'm as drunk as I'll ever be And in her lap I begin to dream Columns o' steam Columns o' steam Columns o' steam And it seems I'm never gonna leave This day behind And I don't mind Columns o' steam