The Freedom Train (Feat. Benny Goodman, Margaret Whiting, Peggy Lee & Paul Weston & His Orchestra)

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 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
As long as all of us
Keep ridin' on the freedom train
Johnny Mercer
Peggy Lee
Danny Goodman
Margaret Whiting
The Pipers and the Western Band
Sittin' on the observation
Spreadin' freedom through the land
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
If you 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
That's the way it's gonna remain
As long as all of us
Keep ridin' on the freedom train
Ridin', ridin'
Ridin', ridin'
Keep on ridin' that freedom train