Freedom Train The 1947 lyrics

This song is a train song, it`s a song about a train
Not the Atchison, Topeka, not the Chattanooga Choo-Choo
Nor the one that leaves at midnight for the state of Alabam`
This song is a train song where the engineer is Uncle Sam

Here comes the Freedom Train
You better hurry down
Just like a Paul Revere
It`s comin` into your home town

Inside the freedom train
You`ll find a precious freight
Those words of liberty
The documents that made us great

You can shout your anger from a steeple
You can shoot the system full of holes
You can always question `We the People`
You can get your answer at the polls

That`s how it`s always been
And how it will remain
So long as all of us
Keep riding on the Freedom Train


[2nd bridge:]
You can write the President a letter
You can even tell him to his face
If you think that you can do it better
Get the votes and you can take his place

[3rd bridge:]
You can hate the laws that you`re obeying
You can shout your anger to the crowd
We may disagree with what you`re saying
But we`ll fight to let you say it loud
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