All around the water tank They're waitin' for a train A thousand miles away from home A-sleepin' in the rain I walked up to a brakeman I gave him a line of talk He said, "if you've got money, boy I'll see that you don't walk" I haven't got a nickel Not a penny can I show Get off, get off, you railroad bum And he slammed the boxcar door ♪ He put me off in Texas A state I dearly long The wide open spaces all around me The moon and stars up above Oh, nobody seemed to want me Or lend me a helpin' hand I'm on my way from 'Frisco Goin' back to Dixieland Although my pocketbook is empty And my heart is full of pain I'm a thousand miles away from home A-waitin' for a train I'm a thousand miles away from home Just a-waitin' for a train