Fast Freight

(album: The Kingston Trio - 1958)

As I listen for the whistle, lie awake and wait
Wish the railroad didn't run so near
'Cause the rattle and clatter of that old fast freight
Keeps a-making music in my ear
Go bum again. Go bum again. Ooh...

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
If you go, you can't come back

Well, I wouldn't give a nickel for the bum I use to be
Work as hard as any man in town
I got a purty gal
She thinks the world of me
Man would be a fool to let her down
Go bum again. Go bum again. Ooh...

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
If you go, you can't come back

So ev'ry night I listen, wonder if it's late
In my dreams I'm riding on that train
I feel my pulse a-beating with that old fast freight
And thank the Lord I'm just a bum again
Go bum again. Go bum again. Ooh...

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
If you go, you can't come back