WAITING FOR A TRAIN
Words and music by Jimmie C. Rodgers
(Recorded November 13, 1956)
All around the water tank
Waiting 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 said "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
"Get off, get off, you railroad bum"
He slammed the box car door
Well, he put me off in Texas
The state I dearly love
The wide open spaces all around me
The moon and stars up above
Nobody seems to want me
Or lend me a helping hand
I'm on my way from 'Frisco
Goin' back to Dixieland
My pocket book is empty
My heart is full of pain
I'm a thousand miles away from home
Waiting for a train
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