"Freight" is a musical number in Act 1. It introduces the Freight train.
Context[]
Rusty is told by Control to fetch the Freight train, in order to assemble all the characters so the racing engines can choose their race partners. As the Freight train arrives, the Coaches taunt and tease them, while Rusty switches between the two trains to try to avoid chaos. Control calls order, and the Freight trucks introduce themselves in turn: The Box Cars, the Rockies, who are boxers; Flat-Top the graffiti-covered punk brick truck; sweet, shy, large Dustin who would rather avoid the limelight; and the bright, seemingly helpful Red Caboose.
History[]
In the original production, Greaseball pulled the Coaches while Rusty was shunting the Freight. In the 1987 Broadway re-writes Greaseball was removed from the number, leaving all the work to Rusty. The 1993 Las Vegas show edited out a few repeated lines to shorten the number. The 1992 London revisions removed Caboose from the show and therefore this number.
In 2003, the US Tour had significant rewrites by David Yazbek throughout the show, including changing the Rockies to Hip Hoppers. Initially to be in keeping with this new identity, the Hoppers' solo in Freight was re-written to a rap, as were Flat-Top's and Dustin's to match the style. However these alterations were reversed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, and the Hoppers went on to use a slightly altered version of the original Rockies' lyrics.
The Broadway, German, and Japan/Australia tours all initially ran with four Rockies, requiring slight lyric changes. The German show lost Rocky 4 by 1990.
Lyrics[]
Original London Lyrics[]
| FREIGHT: | Freight is great | ||
| Freight is great | |||
| We carry weight | |||
| Cause we are freight | |||
| And freight is Great | |||
| Freight is great | |||
| Freight is great | |||
| We never sulk | |||
| We hulk the bulk | |||
| And freight is great | |||
| We never make a fuss | |||
| You got the goods on us | |||
| We take the loads | |||
| From off the roads | |||
| And Freight is Great | |||
| COACHES: | Couldn't stand gravel and sand | ||
| Being ignored, no one on board | |||
| Nobody complaining we were late again | |||
| I should hate carrying freight | |||
| Nobody living in me | |||
| Got to be a living breathing passenger train! | |||
| FREIGHT: | Freight is Great | ||
| Freight is Great | |||
| FREIGHT: | COACHES: | ||
| Freight | Couldn't stand gravel and sand | ||
| Being ignored, no one on board | |||
| Is Great | Nobody 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! | ||
| FREIGHT: | COACHES: | It's Mamas and Papas | |
| It's commerce and hoppers | |||
| It's daughters and sons | |||
| It's quarters 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 | |||
| FREIGHT: | Are great, are great, | COACHES: | Are great, are great, |
| Are great, are great, | Are great, are great, | ||
| Are Great... | Are Great... |
Original London Introduction Lyrics[]
| CONTROL: | Control. Control. |
| Coaches and trucks stop this dispute! | |
| Stop this dispute! | |
| Trucks will identify for selection grid. | |
| Box Cars. | |
| ROCKY 1: | I'm Rocky, there's lots like me |
| ROCKY 2: | I'm Rocky 2 |
| ROCKY 3: | I'm Rocky 3 |
| ROCKIES: | The only time we get sick inside |
| Is when some bum hitches a ride | |
| We wait for a sharp corner to come | |
| Then open the door - bye-bye bum! | |
| FREIGHT: | 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. | |
| Yeah they're heavy. Here - Catch! | |
| FREIGHT: | Freight is Great! |
| CONTROL: | Aggregate Hopper! |
| CABOOSE: | Dustin, that's you! |
| CONTROL: | Come on!! Aggregate Hopper! |
| CABOOSE: | C'mon, 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 aggregates |
| And aggregates are really great! | |
| FLAT-TOP & DUSTIN: | Aggregates are really great |
| Aggregates never complain | |
| Bricks and mortar are thicker than water | |
| It's great to be an aggregate train! | |
| CONTROL: | The Red Caboose |
| CABOOSE: | At the back |
| On every piece of track | |
| I'm right behind you - | |
| If I can be of help at all | |
| Then simply call | |
| On me | |
| FREIGHT: | Hello, CB! |
| CABOOSE: | Hello! |
| The Red Caboose | |
| Would like to be of use | |
| To every truck, and show the world that | |
| FREIGHT: | Freight is Great |
| Freight is Great |
Broadway Introduction Lyrics[]
The 1987 Broadway production added Rocky 4, and so revised the Rockies' introductions.
| ROCKY 1: | I'm Rocky, I got no Equal, |
| If you missed me, catch the sequel! | |
| ROCKY 2: | I'm Rocky 2, and there's more - |
| ROCKY 3: | I'm Rocky 3, |
| ROCKY 4: | I'm Rocky 4! |
Revised London Introduction Lyrics[]
The later London show, without Caboose, re-wrote the lyrics to cover his absence without changing the music.
| FLAT-TOP & DUSTIN: | Travelling with gravel in |
| Praying that we don't get wet | |
| Water and mortar do things they didn't oughta | |
| Empty me before I set! | |
| FREIGHT: (to Caboose's melody) | 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! |
| FREIGHT: | None of us |
| May be a genius | |
| But we know one thing, what we know is: | |
| Freight is Great! |
1997 Mexico + Translation[]
Fiel al Riel (Loyal to the Rails) features renamed freight and coaches[1]
| VIANDA (Spanish): | ¡Ay, no! | DINAH (English): | Oh no |
| PERLA: | ¡Uy, los tontos! | PEARL: | Oh, the idiots |
| BOTANA: | ¡Es el tren de carga! | BUFFY: | It's the freight train |
| BACHA: | ¡Son unos pesados! | ASHLEY: | They're some heavy ones |
| BOTANA: | ¡Toneladas que valen poco! | BUFFY: | Tons and tons of little value |
| BACHA: | ¡Se les prende la luz, | ASHLEY: | They have the light |
| Pero nunca el foco! | But lack the focus! | ||
| MERCANCÍAS: | ¡Fiel al riel! (Son intensos) | FREIGHT: | Loyal to the rails! (They're intense) |
| ¡Fiel al riel! (Y aferrados) | Loyal to the rails! (And stubborn!) | ||
| ¡Soy cargador! ¡Aguantador! | I am a freight car! Holding on! | ||
| ¡Y fiel al riel! | And loyal to the rails! | ||
| Lo que me den, da igual | What they give me, it doesn't matter | ||
| Lo cargo bien, tal cual, | I load it fine, as is, | ||
| Soy cargador y rendidor | As I'm a freight car and efficent | ||
| Y ¡Fiel al riel! | And loyal to the rails! | ||
| COCHES: | Es lo peor ser cargador | COACHES: | It's worse to be a freight train |
| Siempre rodar, sin platicar | Always traveling without talking | ||
| Sin oír los chismes, que hablan por ahí | Not hearing gossip, spoken over there | ||
| Sin vaivén, sin que te bien | Without sway, without what's good | ||
| Sin tener nada que hacer | Without having anything to do | ||
| No soportaría un tren de vida así. | I couldn't stand a lifestyle like that. | ||
| MERCANCÍAS: | ¡Fiel al riel! ¡Fiel al riel! | FREIGHT: | Loyal to the rails! Loyal to the rails! |
| COCHES: | La gente conmigo | COACHES: | The People with me! |
| MERCANCÍAS: | Prefiero el trigo | FREIGHT: | I prefer wheat |
| COCHES: | Mamás y bebés | COACHES: | Mothers and babies |
| MERCANCÍAS: | Que dan pesadez y más confusión | FREIGHT: | That slow you down and cause confusion |
| COCHES: | Y a mi diversión! | COACHES: | And for me are fun! |
| MERCANCÍAS: | ¡No! | FREIGHT: | No! |
| COCHES: | ¡Sí! | COACHES: | Yes! |
| MERCANCÍAS: | ¡No! | FREIGHT: | No! |
| COCHES: | ¡Si! Tránsito, pasaje y placer | COACHES: | Yes! Transit, Passage, and pleasure! |
| MERCANCÍAS: | Ser furgón, es gran que hacer | FREIGHT: | Being a boxcar is a great thing to be |
| TODOS: | Y soy mejor, mejor Y ¡fiel al riel! | ALL: | And I am best! Best! And loyal to the rails! |
| CONTROL: | ¡Control! Aquí control. | CONTROL: | Control! Here is Control! |
| Dejen de discutir, ¡dejen de discutir! | Stop arguing! Stop Arguing! | ||
| Que se identifiquen los furgones | Freight cars will identify | ||
| ROCKY 1: | Soy Rocky, vienen mas después | ROCKY 1: | I'm Rocky, there's more to come |
| ROCKY 2: | Soy Rocky dos | ROCKY 2: | I'm Rocky Two |
| ROCKY 3: | Soy Rocky tres | ROCKY 3: | I'm Rocky Three! |
| TABICÓN: | Yo Tabicón, ¿qué miran? ¿Qué hay? | FLAT-TOP: | I'm Flat-Top, what're you looking at? What're these? |
| Son ladrillos y animáis | They're bricks and they're fine | ||
| Son de adobe y así se van | They're made of adobe and so they go | ||
| Pero pesan, ¡ahí te van! | But they're heavy, there it goes! | ||
| TIZNE: | Soy una tolva, no soy furgón | DUSTIN: | I'm a hopper, I'm not a boxcar |
| ROCKIES: | ¡Te haremos polvo con más razón! | ROCKIES: | We'll turn you to dust with more meaning! |
| TIZNE: | No llevo polvo, se llama grava | DUSTIN: | I don't carry dust, I carry gravel |
| Y en mi caja grava viaja | And in my box gravel travels. | ||
| TIZNE & TABICÓN: | Al viajar, hay que desear | DUSTIN & FLAT-TOP: | When you travel, you have to wish |
| Que no caiga agua en mi | That no water falls in me | ||
| Agua y cemento | Water and Cement | ||
| Te dice en un momento | it tells you wait a moment | ||
| Engarroteseme ahí. | let me get you stuck right here. | ||
| CABÚS: | Hasta atrás del carril | CABOOSE: | At the back of the track |
| Tras del ferrocarril | Behind the train | ||
| Te sigo el paso | I follow a step behind | ||
| Muy útil soy, si me tienen | I'm very useful, if you have me | ||
| Pues llámenme, y ¡voy! | Then call me, and I'll go! | ||
| MERCANCÍAS: | ¡Hay que saber frenar! | FREIGHT: | You need to know how to brake! |
| Y tal vez, no somos genios pues | And maybe, we're not geniuses | ||
| Pero hay que serle, | But we need to be what we are | ||
| ¡Hay que serle! ¡Fiel al riel! | We are what we are! Loyal to the rails! | ||
| ¡Fiel al riel! | Loyal to the rails! | ||
| COCHES: | La gente conmigo | COACHES: | The People with me! |
| MERCANCÍAS: | Prefiero el trigo | FREIGHT: | I prefer wheat |
| COCHES: | Mamás y bebés | COACHES: | Mothers and babies |
| MERCANCÍAS: | Que dan pesadez y más confusión | FREIGHT: | That slow you down and cause confusion |
| COCHES: | Y a mi diversión! | COACHES: | And for me are fun! |
| MERCANCÍAS: | ¡No! | FREIGHT: | No! |
| COCHES: | ¡Sí! | COACHES: | Yes! |
| MERCANCÍAS: | ¡No! | FREIGHT: | No! |
| COCHES: | ¡Si! Tránsito, pasaje y placer | COACHES: | Yes! Transit, Passage, and pleasure! |
| MERCANCÍAS: | Ser furgón, es gran que hacer | FREIGHT: | Being a boxcar is a great thing to be |
| TODOS: | Y soy mejor, soy mejor, soy mejor, soy mejor, ¡mejor! | ALL: | And I am best, I am best, I am best, I am best, Best! |
| Y ¡fiel al riel! ¡Muy fiel! ¡Al riel! | And Loyal to the rails! Very loyal! To the rails! |
2nd US Tour Introduction Lyrics[]
This was an early rewrite also features the coaches saying "stone and sand" instead of the former "gravel and sand". The Hoppers, Flat-Top and Dustin rap their introductions whereas Caboose's introduction stays the same with its soft melody, which is a very harsh transition from the end of Dustin's verse to his. They later replaced this version with the original Rockies introduction.
| CONTROL: | Come on, come on! |
| Stop fooling around! | |
| Hoppers, | |
| Line up for roll call! | |
| HOPPERS: | Yeah, yeah, yeah! |
| HOPPER 1?: | I'm a Hip Hopper |
| HOPPER 2?: | A heart stopper |
| HOPPER 3?: | A cart topper |
| HOPPERS: | Nothing's gonna stop us |
| When you're a Hopper | |
| You better be in | |
| 'Cause you're filled to the top | |
| For an area trip | |
| HOPPER 1?: | That's the trick to run |
| When they fill you with bricks | |
| But with rocks in your box | |
| You still gotta be slick | |
| HOPPER 2?: | We pull it off! |
| HOPPER 3?: | Huh! |
| HOPPERS: | We're sexy beasts! |
| We look like jocks | |
| But we rhyme like artistes! | |
| FLAT-TOP: | My name is Flat-Top |
| I carry bricks! | |
| It's what I do | |
| It's not for kicks! | |
| They lay it on | |
| 10 tonnes a day | |
| That's what I do | |
| Now go away! | |
| DUSTIN: | I'm Dustin! |
| I'm bustin' | |
| To travel | |
| With gravel | |
| My destiny is callin' | |
| HOPPERS, FLAT-TOP & DUSTIN: | So let's get hot! |
| And we're ready to roll! | |
| CABOOSE: | At the back |
| On every piece of track | |
| I'm right behind you - | |
| If I can be of help at all | |
| Then simply call | |
| On me | |
| FREIGHT: | You've got |
| To have | |
| The brakes | |
| None of us | |
| May be a genius | |
| But we know one thing | |
| And what we know is - | |
| Freight is great! | |
| Freight is great! |
German Lyrics[]
The Coaches' dialogue is translated from the later London version, and was added to the German production during the 1990s.
| DINAH: | Ach nee! | ||
| BUFFY: | Oh Schreck! | ||
| PEARL: | Der Frachtzug! | ||
| ASHLEY: | Auch das noch... | ||
| BUFFY: | Vierzig Tonnen leerer Stahl, | ||
| DINAH: | Sind innen hohl | ||
| ASHLEY: | Und außen kahl! | ||
| FRACHT: | Fracht! Ist Macht! | ||
| DINAH: | Das ist ja Prima! | ||
| FRACHT: | Fracht! Ist Macht! | ||
| Wir tragen Fracht, bei Tag und Nacht, | |||
| Denn Fracht! Ist Macht! | |||
| Die Güter bringt die Fracht, | |||
| Dafür sind wir gemacht. | |||
| Wir haben Kraft und tragen Last, | |||
| Denn Fracht! Ist Macht! | |||
| COACHES: | Wir mögen nicht, zu viel Gewicht | ||
| Von Kies und Sand, sind unbekannt | |||
| Und niemand beschwert sich: | |||
| "Wir kamen viel zu spät!" | |||
| Güterzug ist nie genug, nichts was lebt und sich bewegt, | |||
| Menschen sind es, was man als Personenzug braucht! | |||
| FRACHT: | Fracht! Ist Macht! | ||
| Fracht! Ist Macht! | |||
| Fracht! Ist Macht! | |||
| FRACHT: | Fracht | COACHES: | Wir mögen nicht, zu viel Gewicht |
| Von Kies und Sand, sind unbekannt | |||
| Ist Macht | Und niemand beschwert sich: | ||
| "Wir kamen viel zu spät!" | |||
| Wir tragen Fracht, | Güterzug ist nie genug, | ||
| Nichts was lebt und sich bewegt, | |||
| Denn Fracht! Ist Macht! | Menschen sind es, was man als Personenzug braucht! | ||
| Für Große und Kleine! | |||
| Für Kohle und Steine! | |||
| Für Alt und Jung! | |||
| Für Kilo und Pfund! | |||
| Mal hoch, mal tief! | |||
| Für den Spaß und Tarif | |||
| Fracht! | |||
| Volk! | |||
| Schwer! | |||
| Schnell! | |||
| Menschen und Pendler und Post | |||
| Stahl und Holz, Kies und Koks | |||
| ALL: | Sind Macht, sind Macht, sind Macht, | ||
| Sind Macht, sind Macht... | |||
| CONTROL: | Güterwagond und Personenzüge: | ||
| Hört auf damit! Die Waggons sollen sich vorstellen: Kastenwagen! | |||
| ROCKY 1: | Ich bin Rocky, ich bin der Größte, wer mich verpasst, der nimmt den Nächsten | ||
| ROCKY 2: | Bin Rocky 2, wer seid ihr? | ||
| ROCKY 3: | Bin Rocky 3 | ||
| ROCKY 4: | Bin Rocky 4 | ||
| (or) | |||
| ROCKY 2: | Bin Rocky 2, wer bist du? | ||
| ROCKY 3: | Bin Rocky 3, gehör' auch dazu! | ||
| (or) | |||
| HIP HOPPER 1: | Bin Hip Hopper 1, ich bin der Größte, wer mich verpasst, der nimmt den Nächsten | ||
| HIP HOPPER 2: | Bin Hip Hopper 2, wer bist du? | ||
| HIP HOPPER 3: | Bin Hip Hopper 3, gehör' auch dazu! | ||
| ROCKIES/HOPPERS: | Und wenn ein Schwarzfahrer mit uns fährt, | ||
| Dann ist bei uns etwas verkehrt! | |||
| Wenn wir mal scharf in die Kurve geh'n, | |||
| Dann kriegt er 'nen Tritt: auf Wiederseh'n! | |||
| ALL: | Fracht! Ist Macht! | ||
| CONTROL: | Steinwaggon! | ||
| FLAT-TOP: | Flat-Top, warum guckt ihr so? | ||
| Steine sind halt mein Niveau! | |||
| Ja, sie sind sehr schmal und lang | |||
| Und echt schwer, hier - fang! | |||
| ALL: | Fracht! Ist Macht! | ||
| CONTROL: | Eisenwaggon! | ||
| CABOOSE: | Dustin, das bist du! | ||
| CONTROL: | Na los, Dustin! | ||
| FLAT-TOP: | Na mach schon! | ||
| DUSTIN: | Ich bin Big Hopper, ich bin kein Pott. | ||
| HIP HOPPERS: | Doch, dein Kopf ist voller Schrott! | ||
| DUSTIN: | Das ist kein Schrott, das ist doch Eisen, | ||
| Eisen hat ein Recht zu reisen! | |||
| FLAT-TOP & DUSTIN: | Reisen tut dem Eisen gut, | ||
| Wird es nass, missfällt uns das! | |||
| Rosten die Pfosten, kann und das was kosten, | |||
| Leer macht es mir noch mehr Spaß. | |||
| CONTROL: | Bremswagon! | ||
| CABOOSE: | Ganz am Schluss | ||
| Der Bahn ist Red Caboose. | |||
| Ich folge dir, | |||
| Auf jeder Fahrt bin ich dir nah, | |||
| Bin immer für dich da! | |||
| ALL: | Hallo, Caboose! | ||
| CABOOSE: | Hallo! | ||
| Ich bin Caboose. | |||
| Und wenn du mich mal suchst, | |||
| Dann schau' dich um | |||
| Und du wirst seh'n, die- | |||
| ALL: | Fracht! Ist Macht! |
2017 London Workshop Introduction Lyrics[]
The 2017 workshop brought a new introduction for Caboose. Musically, it uses a swung version of the melody for Caboose's act 2 solo, "Wide Smile".
| CABOOSE: | Who makes trains brake? The Red Caboose! |
| Nice guy? Oh my, fake news! | |
| If the brake engages, you'll be slowing. | |
| If you pay my wages, you'll keep going. | |
| No cash? Train crash! Big mistake. | |
| FREIGHT: | Red Caboose, we could use one big break. |
2018 German Lyrics[]
| DINAH: | Ach nee! | ||
| CARRIE: | Oh Schreck! | ||
| PEARL: | Der Frachtzug! | ||
| BELLE: | Auch das noch... | ||
| DINAH: | 40 Tonnen leerer Stahl, | ||
| CARRIE: | Sind innen hohl, | ||
| BELLE: | und aufgepasst hier kommen sie, | ||
| DINAH: | mit tiefgründiger Poesie. | ||
| FREIGHT: | Fracht ist Macht! | DINAH: | Oh genial! |
| Fracht ist Macht! | PEARL: | Fällt denen nichts besseres ein? | |
| Wir tragen Fracht, bei Tag und Nacht. | |||
| Denn Fracht ist Macht! | |||
| Die Güter bringt die Fracht, | |||
| Dafür sind wir gemacht. | |||
| Wir haben Kraft, und tragen Last, | |||
| Denn Fracht ist Macht! | |||
| COACHES: | Das sehen wir aber anders! | ||
| Wir mögen nicht, zuviel Gewicht | |||
| Von Kies und Sand, sind unbekannt | |||
| Und niemand beschwert sich: | |||
| "Wir kamen viel zu spät!" | |||
| Güterzug ist nie genug, | |||
| Nichts was lebt und sich bewegt, | |||
| Menschen sind es, was man als Personenzug braucht! | |||
| FREIGHT: | Fracht ist Macht! | ||
| Fracht ist Macht! | |||
| Fracht | COACHES: | Wir mögen nicht, zu viel Gewicht | |
| Von Kies und Sand, sind unbekannt | |||
| ist Macht! | Und niemand beschwert sich: | ||
| "Wir kamen viel zu Spät" | |||
| Wir tragen Fracht, | Güterzug ist nie genug, | ||
| Nichts was lebt und sich bewegt, | |||
| denn Fracht ist Macht! | Menschen sind es, was man als Personenzug braucht! | ||
| Für Große und Kleine! | |||
| Für Kohle und Steine! | |||
| Für Alt und Jung! | |||
| Für Kilo und Pfund! | |||
| Mal hoch, mal tief! | |||
| Für den Spaß und Tarif! | |||
| Fracht! | |||
| Volk! | |||
| Schwer! | |||
| Schnell! | |||
| Menschen und Pendler und Post | |||
| Stahl und Holz, Kies und Koks | |||
| ALL: | Sind macht, Sind Macht, Sind Macht | ||
| Sind Macht, Sind Macht.... | |||
| CONTROL: | Güterwagons und Personenzüge hört auf damit! | ||
| Die Wagons sollen sich vorstellen! | |||
| Kastenwagen! | |||
| ROCKIES: | Yeah, yeah, yeah | ||
| ROCKY 1: | Bin Rocky 1 hab noch mehr dabei, | ||
| ROCKY 2: | Bin Rocky 2, | ||
| ROCKY 3: | Bin Rocky 3! | ||
| ROCKIES: | Und wenn ein Schwarzfahrer mit uns fährt, dann ist bei uns etwas verkehrt. | ||
| Wenn wir mal scharf in die Kurve gehen, | |||
| dann kriegt er nen Tritt, auf Wiedersehen! | |||
| FREIGHT: | Fracht ist Macht! | ||
| CONTROL: | Steinwagon! | ||
| FLATTOP: | Klappe! | ||
| Flattop, was glotzt du so? | |||
| Steine sind halt mein Niveau! | |||
| Ja, sie sind sehr schmal und lang und auch schwer hier, fang! | |||
| FREIGHT: | Fracht ist Macht! | ||
| CONTROL: | Eisenwagon! | ||
| CABOOSE: | Dustin, das bist du! | ||
| CONTROL: | Na los, Dustin! | ||
| FLATTOP: | Na mach schon! | ||
| DUSTIN: | Ich bin Big Hopper, ich bin kein Pott! | ||
| ROCKIES: | Doch dein Kopf ist voller Schrott! | ||
| DUSTIN: | Das ist kein Schrott, das ist doch Eisen! | ||
| Eisen hat ein Recht zu reisen! | |||
| FLATTOP & DUSTIN: | Reisen tut, dem Eisen gut, | ||
| wird es nass misfällt uns das! | |||
| Rosten die Pfosten, | |||
| kann uns das was kosten, | |||
| leer macht es mir noch mehr Spaß! | |||
| CONTROL: | Caboose, der Bremswagon! | ||
| CABOOSE: | Wer bremst Züge? Das macht Caboose! | ||
| Fair play? Oh ne! Fake News! | |||
| Ziehe ich die Bremse an, bleibst du stehen. | |||
| Wenn du zahlst was ich verlang, darfst du gehen! | |||
| Ich brems alle aus oder auch nicht, | |||
| ich mache ein Geschäft daraus! | |||
| FREIGHT: | Fracht | ||
| CABOOSE: | Ihr bezahlt meinen Preis! | ||
| ist Macht! | |||
| Fracht | |||
| Und ihr bleibt auf dem Gleis! | |||
| ist Macht! | |||
| COACHES: | Für Große und Kleine! | ||
| Für Kohle und Steine! | |||
| Für Alt und Jung! | |||
| Für Kilo und Pfund! | |||
| Mal hoch, mal tief! | |||
| Für den Spaß und Tarif! | |||
| Fracht! | |||
| Volk! | |||
| Schwer! | |||
| Schnell! | |||
| Menschen und Pendler und Post | |||
| Stahl und Holz, Kies und Koks. | |||
| ALL: | Auf dem Gleis, Auf dem Gleis, Auf dem Gleis, Auf dem Gleis, | ||
| Ist Macht, Ist Macht, Ist Macht, Ist Macht | |||
| Ist Macht! | |||
2018 German Caboose Introduction Translation[]
| CABOOSE: | Who makes trains brake? The Red Caboose! |
| Fair play? No way! Fake news! | |
| If my brake engages, you'll be slowing, | |
| If you pay what I demand, you can go! | |
| I slow them all down - or do I? | |
| I make a business and I thrive! | |
| FREIGHT: | Freight |
| CABOOSE: | Everyone pays me back! |
| FREIGHT: | Is Great! |
| Freight | |
| CABOOSE: | And they stay on the tracks! |
| FREIGHT: | Is Great! |
2024 Wembley Introduction Lyrics[]
The song starts the same as the 1992 New Starlight version does with the coaches complaining, Belle tweaking Ashley's line of "the dumb trucks" to "the dozy trucks".
| CONTROL: | Control, Control! |
| You trucks and coaches cut it out! | |
| Trucks will identify themselves! | |
| Fuel trucks? | |
| FUEL TRUCKS: | Yeah, yeah, yeah! |
| PORTER: | I'm Porter |
| I carry coal! | |
| Night and day | |
| That's my role! | |
| LUMBER: | I'm Lumber with timber |
| Timber's good! | |
| You got coal, | |
| I got wood! | |
| SLICK: | I'm oily, |
| Sleek, and quick! | |
| Guess that's why | |
| They call me, Slick! | |
| FUEL TRUCKS: | Freight! |
| Is great! | |
| SLICK: | So don't tell us |
| "No more oil" | |
| That's so unkind! | |
| I'm refined- | |
| FUEL TRUCKS: | And we'd like to remind you |
| We power the world | |
| Whatever the weather | |
| Until you get your act together! | |
| ALL: | Freight! |
| Are great! | |
| Are great! | |
| Are great! | |
| Are- | |
| CONTROL: | Hold up! |
| There's still one more truck! | |
| This is Hydra! | |
| (tune changes to Hydrogen) | |
| HYDRA: | It's not a matter of if, |
| It's a matter of when, | |
| For- | |
| ALL: | Hydrogen! |
| It's not a matter of if, | |
| It's a matter of when, | |
| For hydrogen! | |
| HYDRA: | I'm the fuel of the future! |
| Gonna substitute your coal and oil | |
| They've had their time | |
| We're better off without their grime! | |
| ALL: | It's not a matter of if, |
| It's a matter of when, | |
| For hydrogen! | |
| It's not a matter of if, | |
| It's a matter of when, | |
| For hydrogen! | |
| HYDRA: | I'm the hero of net zero! |
| CONTROL: | Hey! |
| HYDRA: | I'm shaking up the status quo! |
| CONTROL: | Oh! |
| SLICK: | This truck is so unstable! |
| Any moment it may blow! |
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Gallery[]
London 1985
London 1985
Broadway 1987
Trivia[]
"Freight" is given the alternate title "Freight is Great" in both the programme for the 2009 New Zealand tour and the score for the officially-licensed version of the show.