Fast Freight
Written by Terry Gilkyson

As I listen for the whistle, lie awake and wait.
Wish that railroad didn't run so near,
'cause the rattle and the clatter of the ol' fast freight
keeps a-makin' music in my ear.

Chorus:
Go bum again, go bum again.
Hear the whistle blow, hear the whistle blow.
Clickety clack, clickety clack,
the wheels are saying to the railroad track,
"Well if you go you can't come back, if you go you can't come back,
well if you go you can't come back, if you go you can't come back,
If you go you can't come back..."

Well I wouldn't give a nickle for the man I used to be.
Worked as hard as any man in town. I got a pretty gal,
she thinks the world of me.
Man would be a fool to let her down...

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So everynight I listen, wonder if it's late.
In my dreams I'm riding on that train. I feel pulse a-beatin',
with that ol' fast frieght,
and thank the lord I'm just a bum again.

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