Waiting for a Train | Ramblin' Jack Elliott
🎵 Waiting for a Train | Ramblin' Jack Elliott 🎵
Length: 0:3:57Waiting for a Train - Written by Jimmie Rodgers Recorded Live April 28, 2023 Live from Norfolk Street is an on-going concert series recorded live at McGonigel's Mucky Duck in Houston, Texas. Our live-streamed concert series is listener supported. For access to our catalog of full length shows, extras, encores, and interviews, become a contributing member at: https://livefromnorfolkstreet.com/ Lyrics: All around the water tanks, waiting for a train A thousand miles away from home, sleeping in the rain I walked up to a brakeman, to give him a line of talk He says "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 "Get off, get off, you railroad bum"; 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 the stars up above Nobody seems to want me, or lend me a helping hand I'm on my way from Frisco, I'm going back to Dixieland Though my pocketbook is empty and my heart is full of pain I'm a thousand miles away from home, just waiting for a train
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