Freight train, freight train goin' so fast Freight train, freight train goin' so fast Please don't tell what train I'm on So they won't know where I've gone Freight train, freight train, comin' round the bend Freight train, freight train, gone again One of these days turn that train around Go back to my hometown Freight train, freight train goin' so fast Freight train, freight train goin' so fast Please don't tell what train I'm on So they won't know where I've gone One more place I'd like to be One more place I'd love to see To watch those old blue ridge mountains climb When I ride ol' number nine Freight train, freight train goin' so fast Freight train, freight train goin' so fast Please don't tell what train I'm on So they won't know where I've gone When I die please bury me deep Down at the end of Bleecker Street So I can hear ol' number nine As she goes rollin' by Freight train, freight train goin' so fast Freight train, freight train goin' so fast Please don't tell what train I'm on So they won't know where I've gone