Johnny Cash - Waiting For A Train lyrics

(Jimmie Rodgers) All around the water tank waitin' for a train I'm a thousand miles away from home sleeping in the rain I walked up to a brakeman just to give him a line of talk He said if you've got money I will see that you don't walk I haven't got a nickel not one penny can I show He said get off you railroad bum and he slammed the boxcar door [ piano ] He 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 headin' back to Dixie Land My pocketbook is empty and my heart is filled with pain I'm a thousand miles away from home waitin' for a train