Alan Jackson - Freight Train Lyrics






I just came down from Chippewa
Had as station wagon and a hundred dollars
Thinking about the girl I'd lost a year before
I hadn't seen her for some time
Thought I might go on by when your memory came flooding in and you closed that door

Wish I was a freight train baby
Wish I was a diesel locomotive
I'd come whistling down your track crashing in your door
Wish I was a freight train baby
Wish I didn't have a heart
You need a shovel for the coal just to get me started
Wish I was a freight train baby
Wish I was a freight train baby
Wish I was a freight train

Well every time I talk to you I hear your jealous lines
I feel like I've been left abandoned on some old railway side
And every time I hear your voice my water just gets cold
My stoker will not stoke and my boiler will not boil

Wish I was a freight train baby
Wish I was a diesel locomotive
I'd come whistling down your track crashing in your door
Wish I was a freight train baby
Wish I didn't have a heart
You need a shovel for the coal just to get me started
Wish I was a freight train baby
Wish I was a freight train baby
Wish I was a freight train

Well every time I fell behind I could not get ahead
I wish someone would pull the lever and give me a little sand
And every time I slip behind even further back
I wish some switch man 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 whistling down your track crashing in your door
Wish I was a freight train baby
Wish I didn't have a heart
You need a shovel for the coal just to get me started
Wish I was a freight train baby
Wish I was a freight train baby
Wish I was a freight train

Wish I was a freight train baby
Wish I was a diesel locomotive
I'd come whistling down your track crashing in your door
Wish I was a freight train baby
Wish I didn't have a heart
You need a shovel for the coal just to get me started
Wish I was a freight train baby
Wish I was a freight train baby
Wish I was a freight train





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  1. I.... L....

    Оооооочччччеееееннннннннььььььь ты крутой парень

  2. M.... F....

    ❤❤❤❤

  3. r.... ....

    This is a Fred Eaglesmith song,great Canadian song writer, but sadly doesnt get enough credit.

  4. f.... ....

    Somehow i like the "Kasey Chambers version" more....more emotional i guess. But dang, thats Alan Jackson folks!

  5. S.... ....

    Still playing 2019 and strong 💪🏽🕺🏿

  6. A.... T....

    I remember my 23 year old in 2011.

  7. N.... I....

    i wish i was a....

  8. M.... P....

    I only know this song sung by Fred Eaglesmith

  9. M.... M....

    💃🎸❤️

  10. L.... B....

    Thanks for the good song,holmie!

  11. J.... E....

    God song

  12. M.... J....

    Why is it that everyone has to pick at a song? Why not just enjoy it instead of complain?
    Is everyone that much of a lonely pussy?
    Get a life and stop complaining about something that doesnt effect you daily life.

  13. J.... P....

    Don't be fooled kids, this is a FRED EAGLESMITH song! Damnit! Fred Eaglesmith.

  14. D.... D....

    2019 Squad❤️

    D.... D....

    No, almost 2020

  15. j.... o....

    i play this song often when i play rdr2

  16. T.... T....

    Nice video

  17. Z.... ....

    why isn't this on spotify anymore?

  18. d.... l....

    EMD F7?

  19. B.... b....

    I love this song

  20. E.... L....

    Aile est bonne

  21. S.... [....

    Шикарно !!!

  22. E.... O....

    I hate when People ask for likes.



    like if you agree

    E.... O....

    i aint likin but i agree

  23. Z.... ....

    Alan does this so much better than Fred eagle smith

  24. M.... D....

    Dis is d best song evör

  25. R.... Z....

    This version PALES in comparison to Fred Eaglesmith's - Fred wrote this and performs it 100x better.

  26. J.... H....

    New favorit Song right there

  27. G.... D....

    Ingen som kjem

  28. b.... ....

    Pure country gold!

  29. T.... ....

    Pretty ironic song considering Jackson's marriage was nearly ruined by his infidelity in real life.

  30. W.... g....

    Sou o unico br que ama essa musica e esta vendo aqui \*0*/

    W.... g....

    mais um br q curte

    W.... g....

    mais um aki ☺️

  31. g.... t....

    belle chanson xxx

  32. B.... ....

    He talks about being a diesel locomotive then suggests shoveling coal to get it started?

    B.... ....

    Brody Vowles

    He wishes he was a diesel locomotive, he's "only" a coal locomotive.

    B.... ....

    He’s said he wishes he was a diesel locomotive

    B.... ....

    I think shovel full of coal symbolizes love just get get him start. Each get he hears her voice, his water gets cold and his engine, his heart, will stall out. Diesel locomotives doesn't have a heart that doesn't care and just keeps going.

    B.... ....

    He wishes he was a freight train..... either coal or diesel powered. Dumb cunt

    B.... ....

    @rayisawesoem shut the fuck up and quit picking at a song, go stick your 2 inch clit in the vaccum again and get off YouTube.

  33. p.... ....

    country music at it's best

  34. A.... H....

    Cool song =D

  35. W.... E....

    så jävla PRO

  36. R.... W....

    good music keeps on on
    the go on train from London to Suffolk uk Robin

  37. C.... K....

    Come out in tx

  38. L.... L....

    My love story started with this song <3

    L.... L....

    this song great freight train I always think
    of the trains going to
    Felixstowe with all the
    freight going to the docks
    very busy line it's in suffok near ipswich
    Robin white

  39. D.... J....

    Written by Fred Eaglesmith NOT Alan jackson

    D.... J....

    Ark.Issue.Helper I agree. I actually think that Alan Jackson's version is better.

    D.... J....

    not like fred

    D.... J....

    Alan ruins it.

    D.... J....

    Alan does very good not like fred

    D.... J....

    Alan is outstanding.

  40. A.... J....

    great clip keep them coming

  41. J.... M....

    written by fred eaglesmith...check out same title

  42. D.... O....

    Hopefully the canadian makes some money off this.

  43. R.... ....

    I just came down from Chippewa
    Had as station wagon and a hundred dollars
    Thinking about the girl I'd lost a year before
    I hadn't seen her for some time
    Thought I might go on by when your memory came flooding in and you closed that door.

    Wish I was a freight train baby
    Wish I was a diesel locomotive
    I'd come whistling down your track crashing in your door.
    Wish I was a freight train baby
    Wish I didnt have a heart
    You need a shovel for the coal just to get me started
    Wish I was a freight train baby
    Wish I was a freight train baby
    Wish I was a freight train.

    Well every time I talk to you I hear your jealous lines
    I feel like I've been left abandoned on some old railway side
    And every time I hear your voice my water just gets cold
    My stoker will not stoke and my boiler will not boil.

    Wish I was a freight train baby
    Wish I was a diesel locomotive
    I'd come whistling down your track crashing in your door.
    Wish I was a freight train baby
    Wish I didnt have a heart
    You need a shovel for the coal just to get me started
    Wish I was a freight train baby
    Wish I was a freight train baby
    Wish I was a freight train.

    Well every time I fell behind I could not get ahead
    I wish someone would pull the lever and give me a little sand
    And every time I slip behind even further back
    I wish some switch man would come out of the fog and change my track.

  44. B.... F....

    Fred Eaglesmith wrote this song!

  45. G.... S....

    Very, very nice. Greetings from Serbia.

    G.... S....

    Gojko Simovljević Croats ftw<3

  46. L.... M....

    Buenisima...


  47. P.... G....

    thought the original was from Headwater

  48. A.... S....

    Favorit ♥

  49. R.... W....

    Är bara femton år me jag älskar den här låten så jävla mycket lyssnar på den varje crusing jag är på

  50. R.... W....

    Är bara femton år me jag älskar den här låten så jävla mycket lyssnar på den varje crusing jag är på

    R.... W....

    Sweden ruless!)

  51. S.... F....

    jättebra låt

  52. R.... ....

    this song is awesome !

  53. E.... S....

    Rapetrain!

  54. J.... J....

    I like it even though I don't usually listen to country. This song really moves.

  55. E.... K....

    nice song..

  56. r.... ....

    like  the song

  57. L.... W....

    Love it... !

  58. N.... ....

    Naughty,Epic Cowboy Alan!

  59. r.... ....

    i like trains

  60. a.... ....

    damn.... You dare using that word?????????


    It is a word that is not funny to use!!

    You moron!!

    a.... ....

    What word

  61. F.... H....

    yes!!!!!

  62. m.... ....

    I wrote it.

  63. T.... B....

    THANK YOU! When I saw Fred Eaglesmith live, he talked about how this was almost Jackson's album title, he would've made a million dollars, then something changed and it wasn't, and $1,000,000 just disappeared. Feel bad for the guy, he works so hard and has written some of the best country songs ever, but gets no credit.

    T.... B....

    Trent Black I agree

    T.... B....

    Trent Black I didn’t know that who I feel bad

  64. M.... M....

    Great song

  65. T.... N....

    Love it!!

  66. B.... W....

    your an idiot, same title doesn't make it the same song,

    B.... W....

    Ben Whedbee it is the same song though lol, he was saying they both used the same title for the song. They are same exact lyrics.

    B.... W....

    You’re*

  67. M.... S....

    rapeeeeetrain

  68. a.... s....

    So good

  69. M.... Y....

    Love this song thn should be number 1 on spotify

  70. J.... J....

    Good...very good. I think Alan Jackson is the best interpret ever, side by side with Nightwish

  71. B.... N....

    NO! Have you ever heard Elizabeth Cotten's "Freight Train"? This is NOT the Elizabeth Cotten song! Just because the title is the same doesn't make it the same song! Not one lyric or melodic phrase is even similar in these songs. Ridiculous.

  72. B.... D....

    ever one alan dint write the song he just sings it better

  73. m.... ....

    Fred Eaglesmith readily sells the rights to his songs. Alan Jackson does own the rights to this tune, just as the Michael Jackson estate owned the rights to the Beatles' music.

    Fred & his band do a very rocking version of this on Youtube.

    In my opinion both Alan Jackson and Fred were scooped
    on this song by Kasey Chambers.
    Her version betters the master himself, not to mean any irreverence to the amazing Willie P. Bennett.

    And yer right Shep, Kory rocks. Cheers.

  74. S.... B....

    My favorite song

  75. S.... ....

    RAPE TRAIN BABY

  76. S.... H....

    ACTUALLY! Fred Eaglesmith certainly wrote this my friend. My sister in law is the drummer for Fred. KORI ROCKS!!!!!!

  77. H.... S....

    I tought he said "Rape train"... LOL

    H.... S....

    Haagen Sandbakken LOLSU

  78. M.... G....

    same here :)

  79. V.... ....

    actually.. elizabeth cotten wrote this.

  80. t.... ....

    This is very catchy. Love the music.

  81. j.... i....

    12 has not seen a train

  82. A.... B....

    heard this on the radio the other day for the first time.. damn it's catchy!

  83. m.... A....

    is so fucking goood

  84. T.... M....

    So good! Much love! Kicks Ass!

  85. M.... c....

    Siempre nos acompañara en la costa oeste

  86. A.... G....

    I like all of them.....lol

  87. T.... P....

    actually, George Strait is the king. Hank Williams / Johnny Cash are the Gods.

  88. M.... ....

    johnny cash is the king! alan jackson is the duke

  89. P.... ....

    Thank you, this has been added to a playlist...

  90. W.... 6....

    Hank Williams Sr. is/was the King, but Alan Jackson is getting up there.

  91. m.... ....

    Yes brother you are right as right can be.

  92. D.... T....

    Okay can't resist.

    I'd come whistling down your track and crash in your doorway if you know what I mean ;)

  93. m.... ....

    Justin Bieber if you just stumbled upon this video, i hope you realize your music is crap and you start your carreer as a garbage disposer so you can see how many of you records are being thrown away. Thumbs up to get this comment in the top!

    m.... ....

    You are right

  94. M.... ....

    @mattlashinski So glad someone is giving him the recognition he needs 10000000000000000000 thumbs up to you my friend!! I know his daughter personally and have met Fred a few times he's great