Freight Train | Fred Eaglesmith & Tif Ginn

🎵 Freight Train | Fred Eaglesmith & Tif Ginn 🎵 - Length: 0:3:6

Freight Train - Written by Fred Elgersma Recorded Live December 26, 2025 Live from Norfolk Street is an on-going concert series recorded live at McGonigel's Mucky Duck in Houston, Texas. Our live-streamed concert series is listener supported. For access to our catalog of full length shows, extras, encores, and interviews, become a contributing member at: https://livefromnorfolkstreet.com/ Lyrics: Well I just came down from Chippewa I had a station wagon and a hundred dollars I was thinkin' about the girl I'd lost a year before I hadn't seen her for some time I thought that I might go on by When your memory came floodin' in And you closed that door Wish I was a freight train baby Wish I was a diesel locomotive I'd come whistlin' down your track Crashin' in your door Wish I was a freight train baby Wish I didn't have a heart And you'd need a shovel for the coal Just to get me started Wish I was a freight train baby Wish I was a freight train Well every time I talk to you And I hear your jealous lies I feel like I've been left abandoned On some old railway siding And every time I hear your voice My water just gets cold My stoker will not stoke And my boiler will not boil See Fred Eaglesmith Live Get tickets as low as $79 You might also like 49 Tons (reprise) Fred Eaglesmith Soda Machine Fred Eaglesmith Trucker Speed Fred Eaglesmith Wish I was a freight train baby Wish I was a diesel locomotive I'd come whistlin' down your track And crashin' in your door Wish I was a freight train baby Wish I didn't have a heart And you'd need a shovel for the coal Just to get me started Wish I was a freight train baby Wish I was a freight train Well every time I fell behind And I could not get ahead I wish someone would pull the lever And give me a little sand And every time I slip behind Yeah, even further back I wish some switchman would come out of the fog And change my track Wish I was a freight train baby Wish I was a diesel locomotive I'd come whistlin' down your track Crashin' in your door Wish I was a freight train baby Wish I didn't have a heart And you'd need a shovel for the coal Just to get me started Wish I was a freight train baby Wish I was a freight train . .