Waiting For A Train Lyrics - Roy Drusky

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 to give him a line of talk 

He says, "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" 

He said, "Get off you railroad bum", and slammed the boxcar door 

He put me off in Texas, a place I truly love 

Wide open spaces 'round me, the moon and stars above 

Nobody seems to want me or to lend me a helping hand 

I'm on my way to Frisco going back to Dixie Land 

My pocketbook is empty and my heart is filled with pain 

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