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 says 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

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He put me off in Texas a place I truly love

Wide open spaces round me the moon and stars above

Nobody seems to want me or to lend me a helping hand

I'm on my way to Frisco going back to Dixie Land

My pocketbook is empty and my heart is filled with pain

I'm a thousand miles away from home just waitin' for a train