Crack In The Boxcar Door Lyrics - Hank Snow

A long black engine keeps a rolling along its 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 seen 

Through a crack in the boxcar door 

[ guitar ] 

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... 

[ guitar ] 

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... 

[ guitar ] 

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 ther 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