Waiting For A Train

All around the water tower, waitin' for a train
A thousand miles away from home, sleepin' in the rain
I walked up to a brakeman, just to give him a line to talk
He said, "If you've got money, I'll see that you don't walk"
"Well, I haven't got a nickel, not a penny can I show"
"Get off, get off, you railroad bum"
And he slammed that boxcar door
Well, 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, nor to lend me a helpin' hand
I'm on my way from Frisco, goin' back to Dixie Land
My pocketbook is empty, my heart is full of pain
I'm a thousand miles away from home, just waitin' for a train