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This song was first released on the All Aboard! album. It is the only album it has been released on. |
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All around the water tower |
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Waiting for a train |
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A thousand miles away from home |
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Sleeping in the rain I walked up to a brakeman |
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Just to give him a line of talk |
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He said if you've got money |
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I'll see that you don't walk |
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Well I haven't got a nickel |
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Not a penny can 1 show |
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Get off, get off you railroad bum |
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And he slammed that boxcar door |
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Well, he put me off in Texas |
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A state I dearly love |
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The wide open spaces all around me |
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The moon and stars up above |
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Nobody seems to want me |
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Nor to lend me a helping hand |
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I'm on my way from Frisco |
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Going back to Dixieland |
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My pocketbook is empty |
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My heart is full of pain |
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I'm a thousand miles away from home |
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Just waiting for a train |
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Words and music by Jimmie Rodgers |