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[Verse 1]
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As I listen for the whistle, Lie awake and wait,
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Wish the railroad didn't run so  near.

'Cause the rattle and the clatter of that old fast freight,
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Keeps a makin' music in my ear.

Go bum again... Go bum again.


[Refrain]
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Hear the whistle blow...Hear the whistle blow.
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Click-e-ty clack, Click-e-ty clack,
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The wheels are sayin' to the railroad track.
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Well, if you go, you can't come back,
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Well, if you go, you can't come back.
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Well, if you go, you can't come back,
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If you go, you can't come back.
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If you go...You can't come back.


[Verse 2]
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Well I wouldn't give a nickel for the bum I used to be.
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Work as hard as any man in  town.

I got a purty gal, she thinks the world of me.
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A man would be a fool to let her down.

Go bum again... Go bum again.


[Refrain]
A                G                       A   Am
Hear the whistle blow...Hear the whistle blow.
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Click-e-ty clack, Click-e-ty clack,
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The wheels are sayin' to the railroad track.
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Well, if you go, you can't come back,
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Well, if you go, you can't come back.
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Well, if you go, you can't come back,
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If you go, you can't come back.
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If you go...You can't come back.


[Verse 3]
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So ev'ry night I listen, wonder if it's late,
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In my dreams I'm ridin' on that train.

I feel my pulse a beatin' with that old fast freight,
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And thank the Lord I'm just a bum a-gain.

Go bum again... Go bum again.


[Refrain]
A                G                       A    Am
Hear the whistle blow...Hear the whistle blow.
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Click-e-ty clack, Click-e-ty clack,
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The wheels are sayin' to the railroad track.
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Well, if you go, you can't come back,
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Well, if you go, you can't come back.
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Well, if you go, you can't come back,
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If you go, you can't come back.
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If you go...You can't come back.