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Artist: Dave Dudley
Canonical path: /dave-dudley/waiting-for-a-train
Related lyric paths: 6
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Waiting For A Train
Read Waiting For A Train lyrics by Dave Dudley on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Waiting For A Train
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All around the water tank waitin' for a train
A thousand miles away from home sleepin' 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
Get off get off you railroad bum and he slammed the boxcar door
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He put me off in Texas it's a place I dearly love
With the wide open spaces all around me and the moon and stars up above
Nobody seems to want me or lend me a helpin' hand
I'm on my way from Frisco goin' back to Dixie Land
My pocketbook is empty and my heart is full of pain
I'm a thousand miles away from home just a waitin' for a train
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Dave Dudley performs "Waiting For A Train", and this lyric page sits inside the Dave Dudley catalog on LyroVerse.
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