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 gave him a line of talk
he said if you've got money boy 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 up above
nobody seems to want me or to lend me a helping hand
i'm on my way from frisco going back to dixie land
though 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