Freight Train Blues

Lyrics

[Verse 1] I was born in Dixie in a boomer shack Just a little shanty by the railroad track Freight train whistle taught me how to cry The holler of the driver was my lullaby [Chorus] I got the freight train blues Oh Lordy mama, got them in the bottom of my rambling shoes And when the whistle blows I got to go baby, don't you know Well, it looks like I'm never gonna lose the freight train blues [Verse 2] Well, my daddy was a fireman and my mama-her She was the only daughter of an engineer My sweetheart was a brakeman and it ain't no joke It's a shame the way she keeps a good man broke [Chorus] I got the freight train blues Oh Lordy mama, got them in the bottom of my rambling shoes And when the whistle blows I got to go woah mama, don't you know Well, it looks like I'm never going to lose the freight train blues [Verse 3] Well, the only thing that makes me laugh again Is a southbound whistle on a southbound train Every place I want to go I never can't go Because you know [Chorus] I got the freight train blues Oh Lord mama, I got them in the bottom of my rambling shoes