All around the water tank waiting for a train
A thousand miles away from home sleeping in the rain
I walked up to a brakeman gave him a line of talk
He said if you’ve got money boy 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 and he slammed the boxcar door
He put me off in Texas a state I dearly love
The wide open spaces all around me the moon and stars up above
Nobody seems to want me or to lend me a helping hand
I’m on my way from Frisco going back to Dixie Land
Though my pocketbook is empty and my heart is full of pain
I’m a thousand miles away from home just a waiting for a train
Two states claim Jimmie Rodgers as a native son. Jimmie was inducted into the Alabama Music Hall of Fame with Geiger, Alabama, listed as his place of birth. Jimmie was inducted into the Mississippi Arts and Entertainment Hall of Fame with (Pine Springs) Meridian, Mississippi, listed as his place of birth.