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Freight Trainby Alan Jackson

Album: Freight Train (2010) License This Song  songfacts ®artistfacts

• I just came down from ChippewaHad as station wagon and a hundred dollarsThinking about the girl I'd lost a year beforeI hadn't seen her for some timeThought I might go on by when your memory came flooding in and you closed that doorWish I was a freight train, babyWish I was a diesel locomotiveI'd come whistling down your track, crashing in your doorWish I was a freight train, babyWish I didn't have a heartYou need a shovel for the coal just to get me startedWish I was a freight train, babyWish I was a freight train, babyWish I was a freight trainWell, every time I talk to you I hear your jealous linesI feel like I've been left abandoned on some old railway sideAnd every time I hear your voice my water just gets coldMy stoker will not stoke and my boiler will not boilWish I was a freight train, babyWish I was a diesel locomotiveI'd come whistling down your track, crashing in your doorWish I was a freight train babyWish I didn't have a heartYou need a shovel for the coal just to get me startedWish I was a freight train, babyWish I was a freight train, babyWish I was a freight trainWell every time I fell behind, I could not get aheadI wish someone would pull the lever and give me a little sandAnd every time I slip behind even further backI wish some switch man would come out of the fog and change my trackWish I was a freight train, babyWish I was a diesel locomotiveI'd come whistling down your track, crashing in your doorWish I was a freight train, babyWish I didn't have a heartYou need a shovel for the coal just to get me startedWish I was a freight train, babyWish I was a freight train, babyWish I was a freight trainWhoo!Wish I was a freight train, babyWish I was a diesel locomotiveI'd come whistling down your track, crashing in your doorWish I was a freight train, babyWish I didn't have a heartYou need a shovel for the coal just to get me startedWish I was a freight train, babyWish I was a freight train, babyWish I was a freight train Writer/s: Fred Eaglesmith Publisher: Bluewater Music Corp. Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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