Crack In The Box Car Door Songtext

A long black engine keeps a rolling along It's wheels goin' clickety-clack She's carrying me to war that eastern seaboard Louisiana I ain't comin' back. And I sit all alone in an empty box Listen to the engine roar And I see the world that she oughta be seein' Through a crack in the boxcar door. --- Instrumental --- A hobo's life is a lonely life And I'm restless son of a gun So I'll keep a riding these ribbons of steel And wait for my setting sun. And I sit all alone in an empty box Listen to the engine roar And I see the world that she oughta be seein' Through a crack in the boxcar door. --- Instrumental --- The engineer is pulling her down And I reckon we ain't going to stop And I'll be a dodgin' the man with a stick I hear him a walkin' on top. And I sit all alone in an empty box Listen to the engine roar And I see the world that she oughta be seein' Through a crack in the boxcar door. --- Instrumental --- Most folks think I'm a crazy man At all of hoboes like me But I let the bottle that holds all The world and I'll die happy and free. And I reckon I'll die in an empty box Listen to the engine roar I'll take the last long look at the world that I love Through a crack in this boxcar door. I'll take the last long look at ther world that I love Through a crack in this boxcar door...