Saw a freight train yesterday

It was chugging, plugging away

'Cross a river, trestle so high

Just a boxcar blue

Showing daylight clear through

Just an empty trainload of sky

Well, it hit me and it hurt me

Made my good humor desert me

For a moment, I was tempted to fly

To the Devil or the Lord

As it hung there like a sword

Just an empty trainload of sky

Was it spirit? Was it solid?

Did I ditch that class in college?

Pull the curtain from my eye

I said, "Hey, hey, my, my"

Saw a freight train yesterday

It was chugging, plugging away

Just an empty trainload of sky

Just an empty trainload of sky

Just an empty trainload of sky