Fast Freight
Composer(s): Terry Gilkyson
Performer(s): The Kingston Trio;
The Easy Riders; Tim Hardin; Serendipity Singers



As I listen for the whistle, lie awake and wait
Wish the railroad didn't run so near
'Cause the rattle and clatter of that old fast freight 
keeps a-makin' music in my ear
Go bum again
Go bum again
Oo

[Chorus:]
Hear the whistle blow
Hear the whistle blow
Clickety clack, clickety clack
The wheels are saying to the railroad track
Well, if you go, you can't come back
If you go, you can't come back
If you go, you can't come back

Well, I wouldn't give a nickel for the bum I used to be
work as hard as any man in town
I got a purty gal
She thinks the world of me
Man would be a fool to let her down
Go bum again 
Go bum again
Oo

[Chorus]

So ev'ry night I listen, wonder if it's late
In my dreams I'm ridin' on that train
I feel my pulse a-beatin' with that old fast freight 
and thank the Lord I'm just a bum again
Go bum again 
Go bum again
Oo

[Chorus]