R: Freight train freight train goin' so fast
   Freight train freight train goin' so fast
   Please don't tell what train I'm on
   So they won't know where I've gone. 
   
1. Freight train, freight train, comin' round the bend
   Freight train, freight train, gone again
   One of these days turn that train around
   Go back to my hometown. 
R:
   
2. One more place I'd like to be
   One more place I'd love to see
   To watch those old Blue Ridge Mountains climb
   As I ride ol' Number Nine. 
R:
   
3. When I die please bury me deep
   Down at the end of Bleecker Street
   So I can hear ol' Number Nine
   As she goes rollin' by. 
R: