As I listen for the whistle, lie awake and Wish the railroad didn't run so 'Cause the and clatter of that old fast freight Keeps on makin' in my ear, go bum again, go bum again, ooh
the whistle blow, hear the whistle blow Clickety clack, 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 Well if you go, you can't come back, if you go, you can't back If you go, you can't come
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 pretty gal, she the world of me Man be a fool to let her down, go bum again, go bum again, ooh
Hear the blow, hear the whistle blow 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 come back, if you go, you come back If you go, you come back
So every night I listen, wonder if late 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, hear the blow Clickety clack, clickety clack, the wheels are saying to the 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 come back, if you go, you can't come If you go, you can't come