Freight train, freight train, goin so fast
 I don't know what train he's on
 Won't you tell me where he's gone

 Don't know where he's headin for
 What he's done against the law
 Got no future, got no hope
 Just nothin but the rope

 Freight train, freight train, goin so fast
 Freight train, freight train, goin so fast
 I don't know what train he's on
 Won't you tell me where he's gone

 He lost his reason, lost his life
 He killed his friend in mortal strife
 He must have moved like the golden skies
 Just a-waitin til he dies

 Freight train, freight train, goin so fast
 Freight train, freight train, goin so fast
 I don't know what train he's on
 Won't you tell me where he's gone

 When he dies, just bury him please
 Way down the end of old Chestnut Street
 Poplars at his head and feet
 And tell them he's gone to sleep

 Freight train, freight train, goin so fast
 Freight train, freight train, goin so fast
 I don't know what train he's on
 Won't you tell me where he's gone