All around the water tank
Waitin' 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 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 you railroad bum
and slammed the boxcar door.
Yodel- Ay- Ee- Oooo-
lay- Ee- Ay- lay- ee.
Yodel- Ay- Ee- Oooo-
lay- Ee- Ee.

He put me off in Texas
A place I dearly love.
The wide open spaces all around me,
The moon and stars above.
Nobody seems to want me
Nor to lend me a helping hand.
I'm on my way from Frisco
Headin' back to Dixie Land.
My pocketbook is empty
My heart is filled with pain.
I'm a thousand miles away from home
Just waitin' for a train.
Yodel-Ay-Ee-Oooo- ...