Freight Train Blues Songtext
von Webb Pierce

I was born in Dixie in a boomer shack
Just a little shanty by the railroad track
The hummin′ of the driver was my lullaby
A freight train whistle taught me how to cry

I got the freight train blues, Lordy, Lordy, Lordy
Got 'em in the bottom of my ramblin′ shoes
And when the whistle blows, I gotta go, oh Lordy
I guess I'm never gonna lose the freight train blues


A steamboat whistle never stirred my soul
Aeroplanes and airdrop always leave me cold
The only thing that makes me want to navigate
Is a wild cat whistle on a southbound freight

I got the freight train blues, Lordy, Lordy, Lordy
Got 'em in the bottom of my ramblin′ shoes
And when the whistle blows, I gotta go, oh Lordy
I guess I′m never gonna lose the freight train blues

Well I know I'm old enough to quit my runnin′ around
I tried a hundred times to stop and settle down
But every time I find a place I want to stay
A freight train hollers and I'm on my way


I got the freight train blues, Lordy, Lordy, Lordy
Got ′em in the bottom of my ramblin' shoes
And when the whistle blows, I gotta go, oh Lordy
I guess I′m never gonna lose the freight train blues