Waiting For A Train Lyrics - John Denver

This song was first released on the All Aboard! album. It is the only album it has been released on. 

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All around the water tower 

Waiting for a train 

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'll see that you don't walk 

Well I haven't got a nickel 

Not a penny can 1 show 

Get off, get off you railroad bum 

And he slammed that boxcar door 

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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 helping hand 

I'm on my way from Frisco 

Going back to Dixieland 

My pocketbook is empty 

My heart is full of pain 

I'm a thousand miles away from home 

Just waiting for a train 

Words and music by Jimmie Rodgers