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[Verse 1]
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All around the water tanks, 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 says if you've 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 and he slammed the boxcar door.
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[Verse 2]
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He put me off in Texas, a state I dearly love.
F C D7 G7
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.
F C D7 G7
I'm on my way from Frisco, going back to Dixie Land.
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Though my pocketbook is empty, my heart is full of pain.
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I'm a thousand miles away from home, waiting for a train.
