WAITING FOR A TRAIN (^ is an overblow note)
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All around the water tank, waiting for a train
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A thousand miles away from home, sleeping in the rain
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I walked up to a brakeman, to give him a line of talk
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He said "If you got 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" He slammed the boxcar door
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He put me off in Texas, a state I dearly love
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The 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, going back 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 waiting for a train
