I was born in Dixie in a boomer's shack Just a little shanty by the railroad track Freight train was it taught me how to cry Hummin' of the drivers was my lullaby I got the freight train blues Oh, lawdy mama, got 'em in the bottom of my ramblin' shoes And when the whistle blows, I gotta go Baby, don't you know? It looks like I'm never gonna lose the freight train blues Well, my daddy was a fireman and my mama, her She was the only daughter of the engineer My sweetheart loved the brakeman and that ain't no joke It's a shame the way she keeps a good man broke I got the freight train blues Oh, lawdy mama got 'em in the bottom of my ramblin' shoes And when the whistle blows, I gotta go Oh, mama, don't you know? Well, it looks like I'm never gonna lose the freight train blues 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 go because, you know I got the freight train blues Oh, lawdy mama, got 'em in the bottom of my ramblin' shoes

I just came down from Chippewa Had a station wagon and a 100 dollars Thinkin' about the girl I had lost a year before I hadn't seen her for some time Thought I might go on by When your memory came floodin' in And you closed that door Wish I was a freight train, baby Wish I was a diesel locomotive I'd come whistling down your track Crashing in your door Wish I was a freight train, baby Wish I didnt 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 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 I was a freight train, baby Wish I was a diesel locomotive I'd come whistling down your track Crashing in your door Wish I was a freight train, baby Wish I didnt 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 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 fog And change my track Wish I was a freight train, baby Wish I was a diesel locomotive I'd come whistling down your track Crashing in your door Wish I was a freight train, baby Wish I didnt 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 Woo! Wish I was a freight train, baby Wish I was a diesel locomotive I'd come whistling down your track Crashing in your door Wish I was a freight train, baby Wish I didnt 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

We pick up in New YorkExplain City Try to find a man I never got to be But when I push down on the pavement I found the whole thing so much harder than it seemed The only deal I ever signed No devil drew a dotted line The stage was set, the words were mine I'm not complainin' Whiskey, whiskey, whiskey Water, water, water sleep Whiskey, whiskey, whiskey Wake up, shake it off, and repeat It's just a phase, it's not forever It's just a phase, but I still might have a ways to go Every night around this time My friends and I retreated like a race When I really start to break it down I wouldn't trust a girl who knew about this place Barkin' on with no one left Speak softly underneath my breath "Hey world, you ain't seen nothin' left" Great, now it's rainin' Whiskey, whiskey, whiskey Water, water, water sleep Whiskey, whiskey, whiskey Wake up, shake it off, and repeat It's just a phase, it's not forever It's just a phase, but I still might have a ways to go Whiskey, whiskey, whiskey Water, water, water sleep Dream somebody missed me Wake up, shake it off, and repeat And repeat and repeat after me Whiskey, whiskey, whiskey Water, water, water sleep Whiskey, whiskey, whiskey Cut me off and pour me in the street Whiskey, whiskey, whiskey Water, water, water sleep