Freight Train Blues Songtext

von Bob Dylan

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In dem Song "Freight Train Blues" von Bob Dylan geht es darum, wie der Protagonist in ärmlichen Verhältnissen aufgewachs...

I was born in Dixie in a boomer′s shack
Just a little shanty by the railroad track
Freight train was it taught me how to cry
Hummin' of the drivers was my lullaby

I got the freight train blues
Oh, lawdy mama, got ′em in the bottom of my ramblin' shoes
And when the whistle blows, I gotta go
Baby, don't you know?
It looks like I′m never gonna lose the freight train blues

Well, my daddy was a fireman and my mama, her
She was the only daughter of the engineer
My sweetheart loved the brakeman and that ain′t no joke
It's a shame the way she keeps a good man broke

I got the freight train blues
Oh, lawdy mama got ′em in the bottom of my ramblin' shoes
And when the whistle blows, I gotta go
Oh, mama, don′t you know?
Well, it looks like I'm never gonna lose the freight train blues

Well, the only thing that makes me laugh again
Is a southbound whistle on a southbound train
Every place I want to go
I never can go because, you know

I got the freight train blues
Oh, lawdy mama, got ′em in the bottom of my ramblin' shoes