[Verse 1]
There's a music train runnin' through the valley
And it's makin' up a melody as it goes
It's a rusty railroad song and we're hummin' right along
And the steam starts singin' when it blows

[Chorus]
So blow your whistle, freight train
Like an old familiar refrain
There's a tempo in the track and a rhythm in the clickety-clack
Ridin' on that old music train

[Verse 2]
The wheels are thumpin' like a bass drum
The smokestack is blowin' out a rhyme
The empty boxcar sounds like a steel guitar
And the conductor is keepin' us on time

[Chorus]
So blow your whistle, freight train
Like an old familiar refrain
There's a tempo in the track and a rhythm in the clickety-clack
Ridin' on that old music train

[Verse 3]
There's a music train runnin' through the valley
Playin' for the towns that it goes through
The porter's on trombone and I'm a-beltin' on the baritone
And the brakeman is blowin' the kazoo
[Chorus]
So blow your whistle, freight train
Like an old familiar refrain
There's a tempo in the track and a rhythm in the clickety-clack
Ridin' on that old music train
Ridin' on that old music train