Eliza Gilkyson - Fast Freight lyrics

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(Verse)

I listen for the whistle and I lay awake and wait

I wish the railroad didn't run so near

The rattle and the clatter of the old fast freigh

Always ringing music in my ear, go bum, again

I wouldn't give a nickel for the bum I used to be

I work as hard as any golden time

Got a good-hearted man who thinks the world of me

I would be a fool to let him down, go bum again x2

(Chorus)

Hear the whistle blow x2

Cliggly clap, cloggly clap

Wheels of sand and railroad tracks

If you go, you can't come back

If you go, you can't come back

(Instrumental break)

(Verse)

So every night I listen and I wonder if it's late

In my dreams I'm riding on the train

I feel my pulse beatin' with that old fast freight

Thank the lord I'm just a bum again, go bum again x2

(Chorus x2)

Hear the whistle blow x2

Cliggly clap, cloggly clap

Wheels of sand and railroad tracks

If you go, you can't come back

If you go, you can't come back