Waiting For a Train

All around the water towers, waiting 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

Get off, get off you railroad bum

And he slammed that boxcar door

Well, he put me off in Texas, a state I dearly love

The wide open spaces all around me

The moon and stars up above

Nobody seems to want me, nor to lend me a helping hand

I'm on my way from Frisco, going back to Dixieland

My pocketbook is empty, my heart is full of pain

I'm a thousand miles away from home

Just waitin' for a train