I Don't Know What It Is Lyrics

Lyric discussion by GarlandLvr 

Cover art for I Don't Know What It Is lyrics by Rufus Wainwright

"I was hoping the train Was my big number Stopping in Santa Fe and the arches of Topeka"

^The lyric should be "and the Atchison Topeka".... the Atchison Topeka and the Santa Fe was a railroad that went out west...

This is a reference to the Judy Garland movie called "The Harvey Girls", and her 'big number' in the movie was "Atchison Topeka and the Sante Fe" (every movie she was in had a big song/choreography number)

Another interesting fact about the big train/song scene was that she learned what she was supposed to do with the music and in the scene, went on a trip for about 2 weeks or a month or something, then when she came back she did it in ONE take!