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Freight Train

Alan Jackson

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Alan Jackson

Vocals

Eddie Bayers Jr.

Eddie Bayers Jr.

Drums

Brent Mason

Electric Guitar

Hargus Robbins

Piano

John Wesley Ryles

John Wesley Ryles

Background Vocals

Paul Franklin

Steel Guitar

Glenn Worf

Bass

Stuart Duncan

Fiddle

Bruce Watkins

Acoustic Guitar

Gary Primo

Keyboards

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Fred Eaglesmith

Fred Eaglesmith

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Keith Stegall

Producer

Williams Hank

Mastering Engineer

John Kelton

Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I just came down from Chippewa

Had a station wagon and a hundred dollars

Thinking about the girl I'd lost a year before

I hadn't seen her for some time

Thought 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 whistling down your track

Crashing in your doorway

Wish I was a freight train, baby

Wish I didn't 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

[Verse 2]

Well, every time I talk to you 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

[Chorus]

Wish I was a freight train, baby

Wish I was a diesel locomotive

I'd come whistling down your track

Crashing in your doorway

Wish I was a freight train, baby

Wish I didn't 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

[Instrumental]

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 the fog and change my track

[Chorus]

Wish I was a freight train, baby

Wish I was a diesel locomotive

I'd come whistling down your track

Crashing in your doorway

Wish I was a freight train, baby

Wish I didn't 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

[Instrumental]

Wish I was a freight train, baby

Wish I was a diesel locomotive

I'd come whistling down your track

Crashing in your doorway

Wish I was a freight train, baby

Wish I didn't 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

Written by: Fred Eaglesmith

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