All around the water tank, waiting for a train
  A thousand miles away from home, sleeping in the rain
  I walk up to the brakeman, and give him line of talk
  He says if you've got the 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, he slammed the boxcar door
  He put me off in Texas, a state I dearly love
  The wide open spaces around me, the moon and stars up above
  
  Nobody seems to want me, or lend me a helping hand
  I am on my way from 'frisco, I am going to dixieland
  Though my pocketbook is empty, and my heart is full of pain
  I am a thousand miles away from home just waiting for a train