Merle Haggard Follow

All around the water tank
Waitin' for a train
A thousand miles away from home
Sleepin' in the rain

I walked up to a brake-man
Just to give him a line of talk
He said if you've got money
I'll see that you don't walk

I haven't got a nickel
Not a penny can I show
He said, "Get off, get off, you railroad bum"
And he slammed the boxcar door

He put me off in Texas
The place I dearly love
Wide open spaces, all around me
The moon and stars above

Or lend a helping hand
I'm on my way from Frisco
I'm goin' back to Dixieland

Though my pocketbook is empty
My heart is full of pain
I'm a thousand miles away from home
Waitin' for a train

Nobody seems to want me
Or lend a helping hand
I'm on my way from Frisco
I'm goin' back to Dixieland

Though my pocketbook is empty
And my heart is full of pain
I'm a thousand miles away from home
Waitin' for a train

All around the water tank
Waitin' for a train
A thousand miles away from home