Waiting For A Train Lyrics - Dickey Lee

All around the water tank waitin' for a train 

A thousand miles away from home sleeping in the rain 

I walked up to the brakeman and 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 one penny can I show 

Get off get off you railroad bum and he slammed that boxcar door (yodel) 

He put me off in Texas a place I dearly love 

Wide open spaces all around me and the moon and stars up above 

Well nobody seems to want me nor 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 waitin' for a train (yodel)