Waiting for a Train (2.3) (slate, false start, take 4) Songtext
von Jerry Lee Lewis

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
Just to make a line of talk
He said, "If you've got money
I′ll see that you don't walk"


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

Well, he put me off in Texas
It was a state I dearly love
Wide open spaces all around me, Lord
The moon and stars above

My pocketbook is empty
My old heart is filled with pain
I′m a thousand miles away from home
Waitin′ for a train