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