[Intro]
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T'was in the year of '89 on that old Chicago line,
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When the winter wind was blowin' shrill,
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The rails were froze, the wheels were cold, and then the air brakes wouldn't hold,
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And Number 9 came roaring down the hill -- oh!
[Verse 1]
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The runaway train come down the track and she blew,
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The runaway train came down the track and she blew,
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The runaway train come down the track, her whistle wide and her throttle back,
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And she blew,ew, ew, ew, ew, ew
[Verse 2]
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The engineer said the train must halt and she blew,
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The engineer said the train must halt and she blew,
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The engineer said the train must halt -- he said it was all the fireman's fault,
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And she blew ew, ew, ew, ew
[Verse 3]
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Now the fireman said he rang the bell and she blew,
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The fireman said he rang the bell and she blew,
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The fireman said he rang the bell -- the engineer said "You did like .....!"
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And she blew ew, ew, ew, ew
[Verse 4]
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The porter got an awful fright and she blew,
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The porter got an awful fright and she blew,
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The porter got an awful fright -- he got so scared he near turned white,
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As she blew,ew, ew, ew, ew, ew
[Verse 5]
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The conductor said there'll be a wreck and she blew,
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The conductor said there'll be a wreck and she blew,
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The conductor said there'd be a wreck and he felt the chills run up his neck,
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And she blew ew, ew, ew, ew
[Verse 6]
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The runaway train went over the hill and she blew,
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The runaway train went over the hill and she blew,
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The runaway train went over the hill and the last we heard she was going still,
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As she blew,ew, ew, ew, ew, ew
