Waiting For A Train

All around the water tank, waitin' for a train

A thousand miles away from home, sleeping in the rain

I walked up to a brakeman, just to give him a line of talk

He said, if you've got money,

I'll see that you don't walk

Well, I haven't got a nickel, not a penny can I show

He said, "Get off you railroad bum", and he slammed the boxcar door

Well, he put me off in Texas

a state,

I dearly love

The wide open spaces all around me, the moon and stars above

Nobody seems to want me, nor to lend me a helping hand

I'm on my way from Frisco

headin' back to

Dixie Land

My pocketbook is empty my heart is full of pain

I'm a thousand miles away from home, waitin' for a train