| As I listen for the whistle, lie awake and wait
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| Wish the railroad didn’t run so near
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| 'Cause the rattle and clatter of that old fast freight
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| Keeps on makin' music in my ear, go bum again, go bum again, ooh
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| Hear the whistle blow, hear the whistle blow
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| Clickety clack, clickety clack, the wheels are saying to the railroad track
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| Well, if you go, you can’t come back, well if you go, you can’t come back
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| Well if you go, you can’t come back, if you go, you can’t come back
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| If you go, you can’t come back
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| Well, I wouldn’t give a nickel for the bum I use to be
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| Work as hard as any man in town
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| I got a pretty gal, she thinks the world of me
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| Man would be a fool to let her down, go bum again, go bum again, ooh
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| Hear the whistle blow, hear the whistle blow
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| Clickety clack, clickety clack, the wheels are saying to the railroad track
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| Well, if you go, you can’t come back, well if you go, you can’t come back
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| Well if you go, you can’t come back, if you go, you can’t come back
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| If you go, you can’t come back
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| So every night I listen, wonder if it’s late
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| In my dreams I’m ridin' on that train
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| I feel my pulse are beatin' with that old fast freight
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| And thank the Lord I’m just a bum again, go bum again, go bum again, ooh
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| Hear the whistle blow, hear the whistle blow
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| Clickety clack, clickety clack, the wheels are saying to the railroad track
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| Well, if you go, you can’t come back, well if you go, you can’t come back
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| Well if you go, you can’t come back, if you go, you can’t come back
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| If you go, you can’t come back |