VERSE ONE:
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All around the water tank
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Waiting for a train
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A thousand miles away from from
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Sleeping in the rain
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I pulled up to a freightman
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Just to give him a line of talk
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He said if you got money
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I'll see that you don't walk
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Well I havent got a nickel
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Not a penny can I show
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He said get off you railroad bum
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And he slammed that boxcar door
VERSE TWO:
Well he put me off in Texas
In a state I dearly love
The wide open spaces all around me
Ther moon and stars above
Nobody seems to want me
Or to lend me a helping hand
I'm on my way from Frisco
Headin back to Dixieland
My pocket book is empty
And my heart is full of pain
Im a thousand miles away from home
Waitin for a train
