Waiting For A Train Lyrics - Blood, Sweat, And Tears - Johnny Cash

All around the water tank waitin' 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 I show 

He said get off you railroad bum and he slammed the boxcar door 

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Well he put me off in Texas a place I dearly love 

The wide open spaces all around me 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 my heart is willed with pain 

I'm a thousand miles away from home just waitin' for a train 

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