The Andrews Sisters - The Freedom Train

His 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
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
As long as all of us
Keep riding on the freedom train

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

Here comes the freedom train
You better hurry down
Just like a Paul Revere
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 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

That's how it's always been
And how it will remain
As long as all of us
Keep riding, riding on the freedom train

Riding on the freedom train.