Freight (video)

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Freight is great. Freight is great.

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We carry weight 'cos we are freight, and freight is great.

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We never make a fuss, we got the goods on us,

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we take the loads from off the roads, and freight is great !

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1. Couldn't stand gravel and sand, being ignored, no-one aboard,

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nobody complaining we were late again.

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I should hate carrying freight, nobody living in me,

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got to be a living, breathing passenger train.

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+ Freight is great. Freight is great.

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2. Freight ! Couldn't stand gravel and sand,

being ignored, no-one aboard,

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Is great ! Nodoby complaining we were late again.

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We carry weight ! I should hate carrying freight, nobody living in me.

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And freight is great ! Got to be a living, breathing passenger train.

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3. It's mommas and poppas, it's commerce and hoppers,

it's daughters and sons, it's quarters and tons.

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They get in your hair, it's the fun of the fair.

Freight ! Folks ! Tares! Fares !

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Passengers, commuters and mail,

trees and meat, gravel and shale

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are great, are great, are great, are great, are great !

(Lloyd Webber / Stilgoe)