Waiting for a Train Songtext
von Hugh Laurie

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 says if you've got money
I′ll see that you don't walk.

I haven't got a nickle
Not a penny can I show
He said get off you railroad bum
And slammed the boxcar door.


Oh la-ee, oh la-ee, oh la-ee
Oh la-ee, oh la-ee, oh.

He put me off in Texas
A place I surely love
Wide open spaces ′round me
The moon and stars above.

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

My pocketbook is empty
And my heart is filled with pain
I'm a thousand miles away from you
Just waiting for a train.


Oh la-ee, oh la-ee, oh la-ee
Oh la-ee, oh la-ee, oh