| lyric | 1. 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 to give him a line of talk,
He say’s „If you’ve got money, I’ll see that you don’t walk.“
„I haven’t got a nickel, not a penny can I show,
He said, „Get off, you railroad bum“ and slammed the boxcar door.
2. put me off in Texas, a place I surely love
Wide open spaces ’round me, the moon and stars above;
Nobody seems to want me or lend me a helping hand;
I’m on my way from Frisco, goin’ back to Dixieland,
Ma ocket book is empty and my heart is filled with pain;:
I’m a a thousand miles
away from home just WAITING FOR A TRAIN. |