Waiting for a Train Songtext
von Roy Book Binder

All around the border town, I′m sleepin' in the rain
Well, I′m a thousand miles away from home
I'm a-waitin' for a train
I went up to a brakeman just for a line of talk
He said, "If you′ve got money, son
I′m gonna see that you don't walk"
I haven′t got a nickel, not a penny could I show
"Get off, get off, you railroad bum"
He slammed that boxcar door


He let me off in Texas, a state I dearly love
Got the wide open spaces all around me
The moon and stars above
Nobody seems to want me to lend a helpin' hand
I′m on my way from Frisco, Lord
I'm goin′ back to Dixieland

My pocketbook is empty
My poor heart is filled with pain
Well, I'm a thousand miles away from home
I'm a-waitin′ for a train