Blackie The Rodeo Kings 49 Tons Lyrics

49 Tons Lyrics

There were seventeen cars out in my back yard, 



The boys in blue are calling my name, 



Semi-automatic up on the rooftop, 



They just to want to talk to me, 



I told them what they wanted to hear, 



The only thing that I knew: 



Forty-nine tons of diesel locomotive 



Couldn't drag me back to you. 



Everywhere you look, there's a train wreck, baby, 



Everywhere you look, there's a runaway train, 



Play my heart like a bottleneck, baby, 



Running up and down and pulling its strings. 



Everywhere you go, everybody knows, 



You're looking for someone to do. 



Forty-nine tons of diesel locomotive 



Couldn't drag me back to you. 



If I was a switchman, if I was a brakeman, 



If I was an engineer, 



I'd point that train on down the track 



And clear on out of here. 



If I was the man swinging the lantern, 



I'd swing it 'til it was blue. 



Forty-nine tons of diesel locomotive 



Couldn't drag me back to you. 







Forty-nine tons of diesel locomotive 



Couldn't drag me back to you. 



Forty-nine tons of diesel locomotive 



Couldn't drag me back to you. 



Forty-nine tons of diesel locomotive 



Couldn't drag me back to you. 



Forty-nine tons of diesel locomotive 



Couldn't drag me back to you.