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