I Like Trains
Fred Eaglesmith & The Flying Squirrels Lyrics
Sixteen miles from Arkadelphia, right near the Texas border
Traffic was stopped at a railway crossing, took it to the shoulder
I stoked the kettle, I put it to the metal
I shook the gravel loose
I missed the train but I was happy with a glimpse of the caboose
'Cause I like trains
I like fast trains
I like trains
That call out through the rain
I like trains
I like sad trains
I like trains that whisper your name
I was born on a Greyhound bus
My mama was a diesel engine
They tried to put me behind the wheel
But I wouldn't let them
You shoulda seen the look in their eyes
And how it turned to tears
When I finally told them
I want to be an engineer
'Cause I like trains
I like fast trains
I like trains that call out through the rain
I like trains
I like sad trains
I like trains that whisper your name
Now, you think that I've got someone new
But darlin', that ain't true
I could never love another woman besides you
It's not some dewy eyed darlin', darlin'
That's gonna drive you insane
But any more, I'd be listening for
The sound of a big old train
'Cause I like trains
I like fast trains
I like trains
That call out through the rain
I like trains
I like sad trains
I like trains that whisper your name
I like trains that whisper, whisper your name
Traffic was stopped at a railway crossing, took it to the shoulder
I stoked the kettle, I put it to the metal
I shook the gravel loose
I missed the train but I was happy with a glimpse of the caboose
'Cause I like trains
I like fast trains
I like trains
That call out through the rain
I like sad trains
I like trains that whisper your name
I was born on a Greyhound bus
My mama was a diesel engine
They tried to put me behind the wheel
But I wouldn't let them
You shoulda seen the look in their eyes
And how it turned to tears
When I finally told them
I want to be an engineer
'Cause I like trains
I like fast trains
I like trains that call out through the rain
I like trains
I like sad trains
I like trains that whisper your name
Now, you think that I've got someone new
But darlin', that ain't true
I could never love another woman besides you
It's not some dewy eyed darlin', darlin'
That's gonna drive you insane
But any more, I'd be listening for
The sound of a big old train
'Cause I like trains
I like fast trains
I like trains
That call out through the rain
I like trains
I like sad trains
I like trains that whisper your name
I like trains that whisper, whisper your name
Lyrics © Bluewater Music Corp.
Written by: Fred Elgersma
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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@thomaslabelle922
This is great stuff. I've seen Fred many times and he never fails to entertain.
@sharonc1858
I've seen him a few times in VT. I love this song. It's funny to me that the video shows him starting off in TX and ending in GA. 2 of my favorite places to live.
@sharonc1858
I listen for the train every morning.
@zachariahguinn469
I saw him growing up at folk festivals in Florida
@OhtobeinIreland
I showed this to a fellow passenger on ViaRail on my way from Halifax to Toronto...I think I may have made a new “Fred-Head”!
@blackholeentry3489
I grew up in NE Portland, OR.....right next to where the main trainline passed through a natural canyon. I spent many hours watching the local steam trains huffing & puffing by from a nearby bridge as they passed underneath on three tracks. Burning coal for winter heat was the norm of the day, everyone had a five ton coalbin in their front yard, but it seems ours was mostly empty. So, my mother would send me with a small bucket, at the age of nine, walk along the tracks and gather coal that had fallen from local trains going by. Took my wife there about ten years ago to show her and trains still rolled by, but, of course, they are all diesel/electric now.
Ah.....the memories!
Seems sorta strange, thinking about it, but.....right now I live in Watsonville, CA, about two blocks away from the main Pacific line running from LA to Oakland, sometimes I'll awake in the night hearing a train roll by, but instead of irritating me, if find it comforting.
BHE
@jakevermeulen1079
This guy trains
@simpleman4059
TURN IT UP!
@Jimmcgurn
Fred is the best!
@JamesWilson-mu7vk
I like trains 🚆 VROOOOOOOOOM!