WAITING FOR A TRAIN
By Jimmie Rodgers

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All around the water tank
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Waiting for a train
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A thousand miles away from home
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Sleeping in the rain 
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I walked up to a brakeman
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To give him a line of talk
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He says, "If you've got money
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I'll see that you don't walk."
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I haven't got a nickel
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Not a penny can I show
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He said, "Get off, you railroad bum."
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He slammed the box car door
(yodel)

He put me off in Texas
A place I surely love
Wide open spaces 'round me
The moon and stars above
Nobody seems to want me
Or lend me a helping hand
I'm on my way from Frisco
Goin' back to Dixieland
My pocket book is empty
And my heart is filled with pain
I'm a thousand miles away from home
Just waiting for a train 

(yodel)