Here Comes The Freedom Train Lyrics - Merle Haggard

All aboard America here comes the freedom train 

All aboard America here comes the freedom train 

The freedom train is rolling down two hundred years of track 

Two hundred years of glory never to turn back 

The train is called America your ticket is a dream 

That left the torture of freedom for all the world to see 

She left the station in Lexington in 1776 

And rode to Philadelphia where the liberty bell was fixed 

George Washington was the engineer John Adams shoveled coal 

And Franklin punched the tickets Tom Jefferson added soul 

All aboard America here comes the freedom train 

She rode to New Orleans the battle of 1812 

With old Hickory at the throttle she drove the British out 

The freedom train's a fine train the toppest of world it seemed 

Her whistle blows for the liberty with a mighty head of steam 

Wheels of fortune sweaty Pittsburgh rolled across the Mississippi 

From Texas to Missouri to one real exciting trip 

Then bang of track was broken smashed by a cannonball 

That blew in great divided will the nation stand or fall 

All aboard America here comes the freedom train 

Will Annistage stepped into the cab and the wheels began to roll 

Freedom train must never stop Republic never fall 

To the bloody fields of Gettysburg the tear show in his eyes 

She drove the train with fury the freedom train survive 

Again the train rode westward to California shores 

To the deserts and prairies even stronger than before 

From Atlantic to Pacific she drove the rail with pride 

She traveled a track to glory with the good Lord on her side 

All aboard America here comes the freedom train