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 place 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 willed with pain

i'm a thousand miles away from home just waitin' for a train