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Well I just came down from Chippewa |
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I had a station wagon and a hundred dollars |
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I was thinkin' about the girl I'd lost a year before |
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I hadn't seen her for some time |
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I thought that I might go on by |
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When your memory came floodin' in |
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And you closed that door |
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(CHORUS:) |
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Wish I was a freight train baby |
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Wish I was a diesel locomotive |
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I'd come whistlin' down your track |
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Crashin' in your door |
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Wish I was a freight train baby |
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Wish I didn't have a heart |
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And you'd need a shovel for the coal |
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Just to get me started |
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Wish I was a freight train baby |
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Wish I was a freight train |
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Well every time I talk to you |
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And I hear your jealous lies |
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I feel like I've been left abandoned |
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On some old railway side |
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And every time I hear your voice |
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My water just gets cold |
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My stoker will not stoke |
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And my boiler will not boil |
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(CHORUS) |
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Well every time I fell behind |
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And I could not get ahead |
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I wish someone would pull the lever |
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And give me a little sand |
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And every time I slip behind |
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Even further back |
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I wish some switchman would come out of the fog |
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And change my track |
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Wish I was a freight train baby |
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Wish I was a diesel locomotive |
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I'd come whistlin' down your track |
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Crashin' in your door |
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Wish I was a freight train baby |
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Wish I didn't have a heart |
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And you'd need a shovel for the coal |
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Just to get me started |
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Wish I was a freight train baby |
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Wish I was a freight train . . . |