Waitin' For A Train

All around the water tank
Waiting for a train
A thousand miles away from home
Sleeping in the rain
I walked up to a brakeman
To hand him a line of talk
He says "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"
He slammed the boxcar door
Oh-de-lay-ee-oh, de-lay-ee-oh
De-oh-de-lay-ee-oh, de-lay-ee-hee

He put me down in Texas
A state I dearly love
Wide open spaces around me
The moon and stars above
Nobody seems to want me
Or lend me a helping hand
I'm on my way from Frisco
I'm going back to Dixie Land

My pocketbook is empty
And my heart is filled with pain
I'm a thousand miles away from home
Waiting for a train
De-oh-de-lay-ee-oh, de-lay-ee-oh
De-oh-de-lay-ee-ee