Freight Train

Lyrics

[Verse 1] I just came down from Chippewa Had a 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 [Chorus] Wish I was a freight train, baby Wish I was a diesel locomotive I'd come whistling down your track Crashing in your doorway Wish I was a freight train, baby Wish I didn't have a heart You need a shovel for the coal Just to get me started Wish I was a freight train, baby Wish I was a freight train, baby Wish I was a freight train [Verse 2] Well, every time I talk to you I hear your jealous lies 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 [Chorus] Wish I was a freight train, baby Wish I was a diesel locomotive I'd come whistling down your track Crashing in your doorway Wish I was a freight train, baby Wish I didn't have a heart You need a shovel for the coal Just to get me started Wish I was a freight train, baby Wish I was a freight train, baby Wish I was a freight train [Verse 3] 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 [Chorus] Wish I was a freight train, baby Wish I was a diesel locomotive I'd come whistling down your track Crashing in your doorway Wish I was a freight train, baby Wish I didn't have a heart You need a shovel for the coal Just to get me started Wish I was a freight train, baby Wish I was a freight train, baby Wish I was a freight train [Chorus] Wish I was a freight train, baby Wish I was a diesel locomotive I'd come whistling down your track Crashing in your doorway Wish I was a freight train, baby Wish I didn't have a heart You need a shovel for the coal Just to get me started Wish I was a freight train, baby Wish I was a freight train, baby Wish I was a freight train