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Like A Freight Train

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Like A Freight Train

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Keep an eye on my blind spots

There's too many

Keep lookin' for some light

But there isn't any

Was top dead center baby

Now my motor's gone soft

I used to roll through here like a freight train

But my wheels come off

Got the ring my sister gave me

Said it was my mom's

The day she died of cancer

I stole her morphine and gone

Oh, I lived like a lion in Nashville

For a couple more years

I used to roll through here like a freight train

But I slipped my gears

I paid a price for everything

You can't play it down

They'll kick you off an empty boxcar

And leave you in this town

I only want the best for you

I passed it somewhere along the way

I used to roll through here like a freight train

Baby what can I say?

I had sunshine in my kitchen

Butter on my toast

Coffee brewed up in a lovin' cup

In the presence of the Holy Ghost

But I just kept comin' and goin'

You couldn't stop crying

Used to roll through here like a freight train

Must've been outta my mind

Don't think you never got to me

Oh, baby you really did

Your love is all I ever think of

Hurts to keep it hid

But I'm not foolin' anybody

Only myself for a while

I used to roll through here like a freight train

I used to make you smile

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