Freight Train Blues Lyrics

I was born in Dixie in a boomer's shack

Just a little shanty by a railroad track
The humming of the drivers was my lullaby

A freight train whistle taught me how to cry

I've got the freight train blues Lordy Lordy Lordy

Got 'em in the bottom of my rambling shoes

And when that whistle blows I've gotta go

Oh Lordy guess I'm never gonna lose the freight train blues

A diesel whistle never stirred my soul

Airplanes and trucks always leave me cold

The only thing that makes me want to navigate

Is a wildcat whistle on a southbound freight

I've got the freight train blues Lordy Lordy Lordy
Got 'em in the bottom of my rambling shoes

And when that whistle blows I've gotta go

Oh Lordy guess I'm never gonna lose the freight train blues

Well I know I'm growing ugly with my runnin' around

About a hundred times I tried settling down

But every time I find a place I want to stay

A freight train hollers and I'm on my way

I've got the freight train blues Lordy Lordy Lordy
Got 'em in the bottom of my rambling shoes

And when that whistle blows I've gotta go

Oh Lordy guess I'm never gonna lose the freight train blues

Now my Pappy was a fireman and my Mammy dear

Was the only daughter of an en-gineer

My sister married a brakeman and it ain't no joke

Now it's a shame the way she keeps a good man broke

I've got the freight train blues Lordy Lordy Lordy

Got 'em in the bottom of my rambling shoes

And when that whistle blows I've gotta go

Oh Lordy guess I'm never gonna lose the freight train blues