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