All around the water tank waitin' for a train A thousand miles away from home sleepin' in the rain I walked up to a brake-man to give him a line of talk He said 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 "Get off get off, you railroad bum", and he slammed the boxcar door He put me off in Texas the place I dearly love The wide open spaces all around me, the moon and stars above Nobody seems to want me or to lend me a helping hand I'm on my way from 'Frisco I'm going back to Dixieland Though my pocketbook is empty and my heart is full of pain I'm a thousand miles away from home waitin' for a train Nobody seems to want me or to lend me a helping hand I'm on my way from 'Frisco I'm going back to Dixieland Though my pocketbook is empty and my heart is full of pain I'm a thousand miles away from home waitin' for a train