Biography:
Fred Eaglesmith (born as Frederick Elgersma on July 9, 1957 in Caistor Centre, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian alternative country singer-songwriter. Some of his albums have been credited to Fred J. Eaglesmith. Eaglesmith was one of nine children of an immigrant family from the Dutch province Friesland and raised in rural Southern Ontario. As a teenager, he hopped a freight train out to Western Canada, and began writing songs and performing. He is known for writing songs about machines or vehicles
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Other songs:
- 105
- 18 Wheels
- 49 Tons
- Alcohol And Pills
- Bench Seat Baby
- Betty Oshawa
- Big Ass Garage Sale
- Careless
- Carmelita
- Caroline
- Cemetery Road
- Cigarette Machine
- Crashin And Burnin
- Cumberland County
- Dangerous
- Down The Line
- Drinking To Much
- Drinking Too Much
- Freight Train
- Hes A Good Dog
- Hows Ernie
- I Aint Ever Givin In
- I Like Trains
- I Shot Your Dog
- Indian Motorcycles
- Indiana Road
- Jericho
- Kansas
- Katie
- Last 6 Dollars
- Little Buffalo Rock
- Mighty Big Car
- Ninety
- Pretty Good Guy
- Rebecca Street
- Seven Shells
- Small Motors
- Small Town
- Spookin The Horses
- Stars
- Steel Guitar
- Summerlea
- Sunflowers
- The Rocket
- Thirty Years Of Farming
- Time To Get A Gun
- Toggle Switch
- Trucker Speed
- White Ash And Black Ash
- White Rose
- White Trash
- Your Sister Cried
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[Intro]
Am F G Am
[Verse 1]
Am F
Well I just came down the Chippewa, I had a station wagon and hundred dollars,
G Am
I was thinkin' 'bout the girl I'd lost the year before.
Am F
I hadn't seen her for some time, I thought that I might go on by,
G Am
When your memory came floodin' in and closed that door.
[Chorus]
Am F
Wish I was a freight train, baby, wish I was a diesel locomotive,
G Am
I'd come whistlin' down your track and crashin' in your door.
Am F
Wish I was a freight train, baby, wish I didn't have a heart,
G Am
And you'd need a shovel full of coal just to get me started.
Am E
Wish I was a freight train, baby, wish I was a freight train.
[Verse 2]
Am F
Every time I talk to you, I hear your jealous lies,
G Am
I feel like I've been left abandoned on some old railway siding.
Am F
And every time I hear your voice, my water just gets cold,
G Am
My stoker will not stoke and my boiler will not boil.
[Chorus]
Am F
Wish I was a freight train, baby, wish I was a diesel locomotive,
G Am
I'd come whistlin' down your track and crashin' in your door.
Am F
Wish I was a freight train, baby, wish I didn't have a heart,
G Am
And you'd need a shovel full of coal just to get me started.
Am E
Wish I was a freight train, baby, wish I was a freight train.
[Instrumental]
Am F G Am x2
[Verse 3]
Am F
Every time I fell behind and I could not get ahead,
G Am
I wish someone would pull a lever and give me a little sand.
Am F
And every time I slipped behind, hey, even further back,
G Am
I wish some switch man would come out of the fog and change my track.
[Chorus]
Am F
Wish I was a freight train, baby, wish I was a diesel locomotive,
G Am
I'd come whistlin' down your track and crashin' in your door.
Am F
Wish I was a freight train, baby, wish I didn't have a heart,
G Am
And you'd need a shovel full of coal just to get me started.
Am E Fade.....
Wish I was a freight train, baby, wish I was a freight train.
Am F G Am
[Verse 1]
Am F
Well I just came down the Chippewa, I had a station wagon and hundred dollars,
G Am
I was thinkin' 'bout the girl I'd lost the year before.
Am F
I hadn't seen her for some time, I thought that I might go on by,
G Am
When your memory came floodin' in and closed that door.
[Chorus]
Am F
Wish I was a freight train, baby, wish I was a diesel locomotive,
G Am
I'd come whistlin' down your track and crashin' in your door.
Am F
Wish I was a freight train, baby, wish I didn't have a heart,
G Am
And you'd need a shovel full of coal just to get me started.
Am E
Wish I was a freight train, baby, wish I was a freight train.
[Verse 2]
Am F
Every time I talk to you, I hear your jealous lies,
G Am
I feel like I've been left abandoned on some old railway siding.
Am F
And every time I hear your voice, my water just gets cold,
G Am
My stoker will not stoke and my boiler will not boil.
[Chorus]
Am F
Wish I was a freight train, baby, wish I was a diesel locomotive,
G Am
I'd come whistlin' down your track and crashin' in your door.
Am F
Wish I was a freight train, baby, wish I didn't have a heart,
G Am
And you'd need a shovel full of coal just to get me started.
Am E
Wish I was a freight train, baby, wish I was a freight train.
[Instrumental]
Am F G Am x2
[Verse 3]
Am F
Every time I fell behind and I could not get ahead,
G Am
I wish someone would pull a lever and give me a little sand.
Am F
And every time I slipped behind, hey, even further back,
G Am
I wish some switch man would come out of the fog and change my track.
[Chorus]
Am F
Wish I was a freight train, baby, wish I was a diesel locomotive,
G Am
I'd come whistlin' down your track and crashin' in your door.
Am F
Wish I was a freight train, baby, wish I didn't have a heart,
G Am
And you'd need a shovel full of coal just to get me started.
Am E Fade.....
Wish I was a freight train, baby, wish I was a freight train.
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