Classic Country Lyrics: "Wainting For A Train" von Jimmie Rodgers

Ein Song des Father of Country Music Jimmie
Rodgers, der selber bei der Eisenbahn gearbeitet
hatte, diesen Job seiner Tuberkulose wegen aber
aufgeben musste.

All around the water tank waitin' for a train
A thousand miles away from home sleeping in the rain
I walked up to a brakeman just to give him a line of talk
He said if you've got money I'll see that you don't walk
Well I haven't got a nickel not a penny can I show
He said get off you railroad bum and he slammed the 
boxcar door

Well he put me off in Texas a place I dearly love
The wide open spaces all around me the moon and 
stars above
Nobody seems to want me nor to lend me a helping 
hand
I'm on my way from Frisco headin' back to Dixie Land
My pocketbook is empty my heart is willed with pain
I'm a thousand miles away from home just waitin' for 
a train