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

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