Rick rack, rickety rack
 See the train go along the track
 When I grow up I want to be an engine driver
 But if I can’t be that I’ll be a deep sea diver.

 My father says that I must always work on the land
 And I never disagreed when I’d see him lift his hand
 Mother thinks that I should be a carpenter to trade
 That I could fill my house with the things that I had made.

 Rick rack, rickety rack
 See the train go along the track
 When I grow up I want to be an engine driver
 But if I can’t be that I’ll be a deep sea diver.

 I look at the skies, see the birds that can fly, and I feel like cryin’
 Like a bird on the tree I just want to free so I’ll keep on tryin’.

 Rick rack, rickety rack
 See the train go along the track
 When I grow up I want to be an engine driver
 But if I can’t be that I’ll be a deep sea diver.

 My brother says that I must pay attention at the school
 Because I’ve never won a prize, he thinks that I’m a fool
 Teacher always asks me why I look so far away
 It’s just that I find nothing in the words he has to say.

 Rick rack, rickety rack
 I’m leaving home and I’m [bad word] back
 I’m on my way to be an engine driver
 But if I can’t be that I’ll be a deep sea diver.