All around the water tank waiting for a train A thousand miles away from home sleeping in the rain I walked up to a brakeman 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 railroad bum, he slammed the 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 or lend me a helping 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 waiting for a train