Cpo 2 The alley dogs are barking chickens crowing down the lane I feel just like that rooster with his mournful low refrain With the sundown on my shoulder justa hanging 'round the yard I'll be leaving here tomorrow gonna catch an empty car There's a thousand constellations in that brilliant beaming sky But the earth is just one station on that lonesome starry line There's a distant whistle blowing down a rusty stretch of track And I'm just an empty coal car on a train not coming back Chorus: