Fast Freight

Lyrics

[Verse 1] I listen for the whistle, and I lie awake and wait I wish the railroad didn't run so near 'Cause the rattle and the clatter of the old fast freight It's always singin' music in my ear Go bum again, go bum again [Chorus] Hear the whistle blow Hear the whistle blow Clackety-clack, clackety-clack Wheels are sayin' to the railroad track If you go, you can't come back If you go You can't come back [Verse 2] I drive along to Texas or maybe Mexico I'd meet a pal or two along the way The wheels are makin' music in the valley down below "Go bum again" is what they seem to say Go bum again, go bum again [Chorus] Hear the whistle blow Hear the whistle blow Clackety-clack, clackety-clack Wheels are sayin' to the railroad track If you go, you can't come back If you go You can't come back [Verse 3] I wouldn't give a nickel for the bum I used to be I work as hard as any man in town I got a pretty woman who thinks a lot of me A man would be a fool to let her down Go bum again, go bum again, go bum again Go bum again, go bum again [Chorus] Hear the whistle blow Hear the whistle blow Clackety-clack, clackety-clack Wheels are sayin' to the railroad track If you go, you can't come back If you go You can't come back [Verse 4] So, every night I listen, and I wonder if it's late In my dreams I'm ridin' on that train I feel my pulse a-beatin' with that old fast freight And thank the Lord I'm just a bum again Go bum again (Go bum again) Go bum again (Go bum again) [Chorus] Hear the whistle blow Hear the whistle blow Clackety-clack, clackety-clack Wheels are sayin' to the railroad track If you go, you can't come back If you go (If you go) You can't come back (You can't come back) [Outro] (You can't come back You can't come back You can't come back You can't come back)