Bob Dylan - Freight Train Blues Lyrics
(first releasetraditional, arranged by bob dylan)I was born in dixie in a boomers shack,Just a little shanty by the railroad trackFreight train was it taught me how to cry,The holler of the driver was my lullaby.Ive got the freight train blues (hee, hee, hoo)Oh, lawdy mama got em on the bottom of my ramblin shoesAnd when the whistle blows, I gotta goBaby dont you knowIt looks like Im never gonna loseThe freight train blues.Well, my daddy was a fireman and my mama hearShe was the only daughter of the engineerMy sweetheart loved the brakeman and that aint no jokeIts a shame the way she keeps a good man broke.I got the freight train blues (hee, hee, hoo)Oh, lawdy I got em in the bottom of my ramblin shoesAnd when the whistle blows, I gotta goOh mama dont you knowWell it looks like Im never gonna loseThe freight train blues.Well, the only thing that makes you laugh againIs a south bound whistle on a south bound trainEvery place I want to goI never can go because you knowBecause I got the freight train blues (hee, hee, hoo)Oh, lawdy mama, got em on the bottom of my ramblin shoes
