Empty Trainload of Sky Songtext
von Gillian Welch & David Rawlings

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