Well, I just came down the Chippewa
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Had a station wagon and a hundred dollars
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I was thinking 'bout the girl I'd lost a year before
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I hadn't seen her for some time
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Thought that I might go on by
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When your memory came flooding in and you closed that door
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Wish I was a freight train, baby
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Wish I was a diesel locomotive
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I'd come whistling down your track
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And crashing in your door
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Wish I was a freight train, baby
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Wish I didn't have a heart
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And you'd need a shovel full of coal
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Just to get me started
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Wish I was a freight train, baby
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Wish I was a freight train
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Every time I talk to you
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And I hear your jealous lies
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I feel like I've been left abandoned
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On some old railway siding
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And every time I hear your voice
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My water just keeps cold
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My stoker will not stoke
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And my boiler will not boil
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Wish I was a freight train, baby
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Wish I was a diesel locomotive
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I'd come whistling down your track
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And crashing in your door
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Wish I was a freight train, baby
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Wish I didn't have a heart
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And you'd need a shovel full of coal
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Just to get me started
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Wish I was a freight train, baby
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Wish I was a freight train
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Every time I fell behind and I could not get ahead
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I wish someone would pull a lever
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And give me a little sand
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And every time I slip behind, hey, even further back
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I wish some switch man would come out of the fog and change my track
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Wish I was a freight train, baby
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Wish I was a diesel locomotive
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I'd come whistling down your track
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And crashing in your door
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Wish I was a freight train, baby
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Wish I didn't have a heart
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And you'd need a shovel full of coal
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Just to get me started
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Wish I was a freight train, baby
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Wish I was a freight train
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Freight Train
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Fred Eaglesmith |