[Verse 1]
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All around the water tank waitin’ for a train
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A thousand miles away from home sleepin’ in the rain
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I walked up to the brakeman to give him a line of talk
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He says if you got the money I’ll see that you don’t walk
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I haven’t got a nickel not a penny can I show
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Get off get off you railroad bum and he slammed the boxcar door
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Yodel
[Verse 2]
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He put me off in Texas a state I dearly love
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Wide open spaces all around me the moon and stars up above
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Nobody seems to want me or lend me a helping hand
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I’m on my way from Frisco I’m goin’ to Dixieland
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My pocket book is empty and my heart is full of pain
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I’m a thousand miles away from home just waitin’ for a train
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Yodel