Freight Train

I just came down from Chippewa
Had a station wagon and a hundred dollars
Thinkin' about the girl I 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 a-whistlin' down your track

Crashin' in your door
Wish I was a freight train, baby
Wish I didn't have a heart
You'd need a shovel full of 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 a-whistlin' down your track

Crashin' in your door
Wish I was a freight train, baby
Wish I didn't have a heart
You'd need a shovel full of 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 switchman would come out of the fog
And change my track

Wish I was a freight train, baby
Wish I was a diesel locomotive
I'd come a-whistlin' down your track

Crashin' in your door
Wish I was a freight train, baby
Wish I didn't have a heart
You'd need a shovel full of 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

Wish I was a freight train, baby
Wish I was a diesel locomotive
I'd come a-whistlin' down your track

Crashin' in your door
Wish I was a freight train, baby
Wish I didn't have a heart
You'd need a shovel full of 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