Lyrics:
Freight is great freight is great
We carry weight cause we are freight
We never make a fuss we got the goods on us
We take the loads from off
Dinah:
Oh no!
Buffy:
Oh shucks!
Pearl:
It's the freight trains.
Ashley:
The dumb trucks!
Buffy:
Forty tons of empty chrome.
Dinah:
on the rail and feel the rumbling
And look down the track to see her coming
That freight train yeah that old freight train rolling through my town
And I'd
on
And they won't know what route I'm gone
Freight train, freight train going so fast
Freight train, freight train going so fast
Just don't tell 'em what
won't know what route I'm gone
Freight train, freight train going so fast
Freight train, freight train going so fast
Just don't tell 'em what train I'm
a freight train on an iron rail
Runaway freight train with your bill of sale
It's all yours to keep don't give it away
It's all yours to burn don't give
the freight train off of the rails
He got the fever
He got the freight liner fever
Well, pierce that box; what you carryin' in that cigarette pack?
I
on
And they won't know what route I'm gone
Freight train, freight train going so fast
Freight train, freight train going so fast
Just don't tell 'em what
find the things ain't right
An old freight train will be waiting to set me free
Silver rails keep me free silver rails keep me free
[ guitar - steel ]
I
the freight train off of the rails
He got the fever
He got the freight-liner fever
[Chorus]
Well, pierce that box, what you carryin' in that cigarette
It's the calm before the storm
Thunder and lightning roaring like freight trains
Straight from out of the sky with no rails
It's bound to hit ground with
I heard a freight train back on the rail again
I heard a whistle blowin off in the distance
It's hot as hell here, the heat's been growin
It's hot
train off the rails
I'm a freight train off the rails
I'm your freight train off the rails
In the Dodge City yards of the Sante Fe
Stood a freight made up for the east
And the engineer with his oil and waste
Was groomin' the great iron
In the Dodge City yards of the Sante Fe
Stood a freight made up for the east
And the engineer with his oil and waste
Was groomin' the great iron
freight
No matter that it's Lismore in the year of 98
My first trip would be to Sydney, a thousand k's away
My girlfriend had moved down there nursing for
Riding on the city of New Orleans
Illinois Central, Monday morning rail
Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders
Three conductors and twenty-five
Riding on the city of New Orleans
Illinois central Monday morning rail
Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders
Three conductors and twenty-five
Riding on the city of New Orleans
Illinois central Monday morning rail
Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders
Three conductors and twenty-five
up time tracks are clear look at her climb
See that freight clearin' the rail bet she's late late late it's the fireball mail
Watch her swerve look
Ridin' on the City of New Orleans
Illinois Central, Monday morning rail
Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders
Three conductors, twenty-five
time tracks are clear look at her climb
See that freight clearin' the rail bet she's late late late it's the fireball mail
Watch her swerve look at her
Ridin' on the City of New Orleans
Illinois Central, Monday mornin' rail
15 cars and 15 restless riders
Three conductors, 25 sacks of mail
All
Riding on the City of New Orleans
Illinois Central, Monday morning rail
Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders
Three conductors and twenty-five
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