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Waiting for a Train
Dr. John
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On the floor of a boxcar
An old man lay
Heard it running partner
As he kneel and pray
Said as the whistle blows
Say a prayer for me
I'm a hobo my way through eternity
I'm a thousand miles away from home
Waiting for a train
A thousand miles away from home
Sleeping in the rain
Walked up to a brakeman
Give him a little line of talk
He says, "If you got your money
I see that you don't walk"
I haven't got a nickel
Not a penny I can show
"Get off, get off, you railroad bum"
And he slammed the boxcar door
The whistle blows, say a prayer for me
I'll be hobo my way through eternity
Put me off in Texas
A state I dearly love
Wide open spaces all around me
The moon and the stars above
Nobody seem to want me
Give me a helping hand
I'm on my way to Frisco
Going back to Dixieland
Though my pocketbook is empty
My heart is full of pain
I'm a thousand miles away from home
Just waiting for a train
When the whistle blows
Say a prayer for me
Cause I'm a hobo my way on through history