Waiting For A Train Lyrics - Stonewall Jackson

All around the water tank a waitin' for a train 

I'm a thousand miles away from home sleeping in the rain 

I walked up to the brakeman just to give him a line of talk 

But he said if you've got money I'll see that you don't walk 

Well I haven't got a nickel not one penny can I show 

Get off get off you railroad bum and he slammed the boxcar door 

[ dobro ] 

They put me off in Texas a place I dearly love 

The wide open spaces all around me and the moon and stars above 

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

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

Yes my pocketbook is empty and my heart is filled with pain 

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