Well I Just Came Down From Chippewa
I Had A Station Wagon And A Hundred Dollars
I Was Thinkin' About The Girl I'd Lost A Year Before
I Hadn't Seen Her For Some Time
I Thought That I Might Go On By
When Your Memory Came Floodin' In
And You Closed That Door

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Wish I Was A Freight Train Baby
Wish I Was A Diesel Locomotive
I'd Come Whistlin' Down Your Track
Crashin' 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 Your Jealous Lies
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

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Well Every Time I Fell Behind
And 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 Whistlin' Down Your Track
Crashin' 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 . . .