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[Verse]
AmWell I just came down from Chebawai
Had a Fstationwagon and a hundred dollars
I was Gthinking about the girl I lost a year Ambefore
And I hadn't seen her for some time
And I Fthought that I might go on by
When your Gmemory came flooding in
And you Amclosed that door
[Chorus]
AmWish I was a freight train baby
Wish I was a Fdiesel locomotive
I'd come Gwhistl'in down your track
AmCrash'in in your door
AmWish I was a freight train baby
Wish I didn't Fhave a heart
And you'd need a Gshovel for the coal
Just to get me Amstarted
Wish I was a freight train baby
Wish I was a Efreight train
AmWell every time I talk to you
And I hear you jealous lies
I feel like FI have been left Gabandoned
On some Amold railway siding
And everytime I hear you voice
My Fwater just gets cold
My Gstoker will not stoke
And my Amboiler will not boil
[Chorus]
AmWish I was a freight train baby
Wish I was a Fdiesel locomotive
I'd come Gwhistl'in down your track
AmCrash'in in your door
AmWish I was a freight train baby
Wish I didn't Fhave a heart
And you'd need a Gshovel for the coal
Just to get me Amstarted
Wish I was a freight train baby
Wish I was a Efreight train
AmWell everytime I fell behind
And I Fcould not get ahead
I wish Gsomeone would pull the lever
And give me a little Amsand
And everytime I slip behind
Even Ffurther back
I wish some Gswitchman would
Come out of the fog and Amchange my track
[Chorus]
AmWish I was a freight train baby
Wish I was a Fdiesel locomotive
I'd come Gwhistl'in down your track
AmCrash'in in your door
AmWish I was a freight train baby
Wish I didn't Fhave a heart
And you'd need a Gshovel for the coal
Just to get me Amstarted
Wish I was a freight train baby
Wish I was a Efreight train

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Freight Train

by Kasey Chambers

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[Verse]

Well I just came down from Chebawai

Had a stationwagon and a hundred dollars

G Am

I was thinking about the girl I lost a year before

And I hadn't seen her for some time

And I thought that I might go on by

When your memory came flooding in

And you closed that door

[Chorus]

Wish I was a freight train baby

Wish I was a diesel locomotive

I'd come whistl'in down your track

Crash'in in your door

Wish I was a freight train baby

Wish I didn't have a heart

And you'd need a shovel for the coal

Just to get me started

Wish I was a freight train baby

Wish I was a freight train

Well every time I talk to you

And I hear you jealous lies

F G

I feel like I have been left abandoned

On some old railway siding

And everytime I hear you voice

My water just gets cold

My stoker will not stoke

And my boiler will not boil

[Chorus]

Wish I was a freight train baby

Wish I was a diesel locomotive

I'd come whistl'in down your track

Crash'in in your door

Wish I was a freight train baby

Wish I didn't have a heart

And you'd need a shovel for the coal

Just to get me started

Wish I was a freight train baby

Wish I was a freight train

Well everytime I fell behind

And I could not get ahead

I wish someone would pull the lever

And give me a little sand

And everytime I slip behind

Even further back

I wish some switchman would

Come out of the fog and change my track

[Chorus]

Wish I was a freight train baby

Wish I was a diesel locomotive

I'd come whistl'in down your track

Crash'in in your door

Wish I was a freight train baby

Wish I didn't have a heart

And you'd need a shovel for the coal

Just to get me started

Wish I was a freight train baby

Wish I was a freight train

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