Waiting For A Train Lyrics by Billy Walker
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(Jimmie Rodgers)

All around the water tank
Waiting for a train
A thousand miles away from home
Standing in the rain.

I walked up to a brakeman
To hand him a line of talk
He says if you've got money Bill
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
And he slammed the boxcar door.

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
Or lend me a helping hand
I'm on my way from Frisco
Going back to Dixieland.

My pocketbook is empty
And my heart is full of pain
I'm a thousand miles away from home
Just a waiting for a train...
(Jimmie Rodgers)      All around the water tank   Waiting for a train   A thousand miles away from home   Standing in the rain.      I walked up to a brakeman   To hand him a line of talk   He says if you've got money Bill   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   And he slammed the boxcar door.      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   Or lend me a helping hand   I'm on my way from Frisco   Going back to Dixieland.      My pocketbook is empty   And my heart is full of pain   I'm a thousand miles away from home   Just a waiting for a train...