All around the water tank
Waiting for a train
A thousand miles away from home
Sleeping in the rain
I walked up to a brake-man
to give him a line of talk
He said 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
"Get off,Get off,you're railroad bum"
And he slammed the boxcar door.

He put me off in Texas
The place I dearly love
Wide open spaces
All around me
The moon and stars above
Nobody seems to want me
Or to lend a helping hand
I'm on my way from Frisco
I'm going back to Dixieland
No,My pocketbook is empty
And my heart is full of pain
I'm a thousand miles away from home
Waiting for a train.

Nobody seems to want me
Or to lend a helping hand
I'm on my way from Frisco
I'm going back to Dixieland
No,My pocketbook is empty
And heart is full of pain
I'm a thousand miles away from home
Waiting for a train.
(le-yi-oh  x3)