Lyrics to Freight Train

just came down from Chippewa



Had as station wagon and a hundred dollars



Thinking about the girl I'd lost a year before



I hadn't seen her for some time



Thought I might go on by when your memory came flooding

in and you closed that door.







Wish it was a freight train baby



Wish it was a diesel locomotive



I'd come whistling down your track crashing in your

door.



Wish it was a freight train baby



Wish it didn't have a heart



You need a shovel for the coal just to get me started



Wish it was a freight train baby



Wish it was a freight train baby



Wish it was a freight train.







Well every time I talk to you I hear your jealous lines



I feel like I've been left abandoned on some old

railway side



And every time I hear your voice my water just gets

cold



My stoker will not stoke and my boiler will not boil.







Wish it was a freight train baby



Wish it was a diesel locomotive



I'd come whistling down your track crashing in your

door.



Wish it was a freight train baby



Wish it didn't have a heart



You need a shovel for the coal just to get me started



Wish it was a freight train baby



Wish it was a freight train baby



Wish it was a freight train.







Well every time I fell behind I could not get ahead



I wish someone would pull the lever and give me a

little sand



And every time I slip behind even further back



I wish some switch man would come out of the fog and

change my track.







Wish it was a freight train baby



Wish it was a diesel locomotive



I'd come whistling down your track crashing in your

door.



Wish it was a freight train baby



Wish it didn't have a heart



You need a shovel for the coal just to get me started



Wish it was a freight train baby



Wish it was a freight train baby



Wish it was a freight train.







Wish it was a freight train baby



Wish it was a diesel locomotive



I'd come whistling down your track crashing in your

door.



Wish it was a freight train baby



Wish it didn't have a heart



You need a shovel for the coal just to get me started



Wish it was a freight train baby



Wish it was a freight train baby



Wish it was a freight train