Waiting For A Train Lyrics - Merle Haggard

All around the water tank 

Sleepin' in the rain 

A thousand miles away from home 

Waitin' for a train 

I walked up to a brake-man 

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. 

Well he put me off in Texas 

A state I dearly love 

With the wide open spaces 

All around me 

The moon and stars above 

Nobody seems to want me 

Or to lend a helping hand 

I'm on my way from Frisco 

Heading back to Dixieland 

My pocketbook is empty 

My heart is full of pain 

I'm a thousand miles away from home 

Waitin' for a train.