Fast Freight - Eliza Gilkyson

I listen for the whistle and I lie awake and wait

Wish the railroad didn’t run so near

The rattle and the clatter of the old fast freight

Is always ringin' music in my ear

Go bum again

I wouldn’t give a nickel for the bum I used to be

Work as hard as any girl in town

Got a good hearted man who thinks the world of me

And I would be a fool to let him down

Go bum again

Go bum again

Hear the whistle blow

Hear the whistle blow

Clickety clack clickety clack

Wheels are singin' to the railroad track

If you go you can’t come back

If you go you can’t come back

So every night I listen and I wonder if it’s late

In my dreams I’m ridin' on that train

I feel my pulse beatin' with that old fast freight

And thank the lord I’m just a bum again

Go bum again

Go bum again