Fast Freight Lyrics - Kingston Trio

As I listen for the whistle, lie awake and wait 

Wish the railroad didn't run so near 

'Cause the rattle and clatter of that old fast freight 

Keeps on makin' music in my ear, go bum again, go bum again, ooh 

Hear the whistle blow, hear the whistle blow 

Clickety clack, clickety clack, the wheels are saying to the railroad track 

Well, if you go, you can't come back, well if you go, you can't come back 

Well if you go, you can't come back, if you go, you can't come back 

If you go, you can't come back 

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 byJCvP 

It's not "pulse are beatin' It's "pulse a-beatin" And there is NO EXPLICIT LANGUAGE. In this song, "bum" means a person who doesn't work for a living, and… See all 

Well, I wouldn't give a nickel for the bum I use to be 

Work as hard as any man in town 

I got a pretty gal, she thinks the world of me 

Man would be a fool to let her down, go bum again, go bum again, ooh 

Hear the whistle blow, hear the whistle blow 

Clickety clack, clickety clack, the wheels are saying to the railroad track 

Well, if you go, you can't come back, well if you go, you can't come back 

Well if you go, you can't come back, if you go, you can't come back 

If you go, you can't come back 

So every night I listen, wonder if it's late 

In my dreams I'm ridin' on that train 

I feel my pulse are beatin' with that old fast freight 

And thank the Lord I'm just a bum again, go bum again, go bum again, ooh 

Hear the whistle blow, hear the whistle blow 

Clickety clack, clickety clack, the wheels are saying to the railroad track 

Well, if you go, you can't come back, well if you go, you can't come back 

Well if you go, you can't come back, if you go, you can't come back 

If you go, you can't come back