Starlight Express Musical Lyrics

Freight

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Freight Lyrics

    TRUCKS
    Freight is great
    Freight is great
    We carry weight 'cos we are freight
    And freight is great.
    Freight is great
    Freight is great
    We never sulk.We hulk the bulk.
    'Cos freight is great.
    We never make a fuss. We got the goods on us.
    We take the loads from off the roads
    And freight is great

    COACHES
    That's brilliant
    Don't you wish you'd thought of that?

    One more time!
    Did you think of that all by yourselves?
    It's so profound!

    Well I certainly learned something today!
    You just listen to what the coach says!

    COACHES
    Couldn't stand gravel and sand,
    Being ignored, no-one aboard,
    Nodoby complaining we were late again.
    I should hate carrying freight, nobody living in me.
    Got to be a living, breathing passenger train.

    TRUCKS
    Freight is great.
    Freight is great.

    TRUCKS & COACHES
    Freight/Couldn't stand gravel and sand,
    Being ignored, no-one aboard,
    Is great/Nodoby complaining we were late again.
    We carry weight/I should hate carrying freight, nobody living in me.
    And freight is great/Got to be a living, breathing passenger train.
    It's mommas and poppas/ it's commerce and hoppers,
    It's daughters and sons/it's quaters and tons,
    They get in your hair/it's the fun of the fair,
    Freight!/Folks!/Tares!/Fares!
    Passengers, commuters and mail/
    Trees and meat, gravel and shale/
    Are great, are great, are great, are great, are great!

    CONTROL
    Control. Control. You wagons and passenger cars just cut it out.
    Trucks will identity themselves. Box cars:

    ROCKY I
    I'm Rocky, there's lots like me.

    ROCKY II
    I'm Rocky two.

    ROCKY III
    I'm Rocky three.

    ROCKIES
    The only time we get sick inside
    Is when some bum hitches a ride.
    We wait for a sharp corner to come
    And open the door - bye bye bum!

    TRUCKS
    Freight is great!

    CONTROL
    Brick truck.

    FLAT-TOP
    Flat-Top - who you looking at?
    Yeah, they're bricks - what's wrong with that?
    No, you're right, they don't all match.
    Yes they're heavy - here, catch!

    TRUCKS
    Freight is great!

    CONTROL
    The big hopper.

    FLAT-TOP
    Dustin, that's you, mate.

    CONTROL
    Come on, the big hopper.

    FLAT-TOP
    Come on, Dustin.

    DUSTIN
    I'm the big hopper, I'm not a box.

    ROCKIES
    Yeah, your head is full of rocks.

    DUSTIN
    They're not rocks, they're bits of gravel.
    Gravel's got a right to travel.

    DUSTIN & FLAT-TOP
    Travellin' with gravel in.
    Praying that we don't get wet.
    Water and mortar
    Do things they didn't oughter.
    Empty me before I set.

    TRUCKS
    Down the track from A to B and back
    We carry things not people -
    People talk a lot -
    That isn't what we like.

    COACHES
    They're strong and silent!

    TRUCKS
    None of us may be a genius
    But we know one thing -
    What we know is:
    Freight is great.
    Freight is great.

    COACHES AND TRUCKS
    It's mommas and poppas/ it's commerce and hoppers/
    It's daughters and sons/it's quaters and tons/
    They get in your hair/it's the fun of the fair/
    Freight!/Folks!/Tares!/Fares!
    Passengers, commuters and mail/
    Trees and meat, gravel and shale/
    On the rails, on the rails, on the rails, on the rails
    Are great, are great, are great, are great, are GREAT!