I just came down from Chippewa

Had a station wagon and a 100 dollars

Thinkin′ about the girl I had 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 whistling down your track

Crashing in your door

Wish I was a freight train, baby

Wish I didnt have a heart

You need a shovel for the 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 whistling down your track

Crashing in your door

Wish I was a freight train, baby

Wish I didnt have a heart

You need a shovel for the 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 switch man would come out of fog

And change my track

Wish I was a freight train, baby

Wish I was a diesel locomotive

I′d come whistling down your track

Crashing in your door

Wish I was a freight train, baby

Wish I didnt have a heart

You need a shovel for the 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

Woo!

Wish I was a freight train, baby

Wish I was a diesel locomotive

I'd come whistling down your track

Crashing in your door

Wish I was a freight train, baby

Wish I didnt have a heart

You need a shovel for the 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