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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Johnny Cash
Vocals
Luther Perkins
Electric Guitar
W.S. Holland
Drums
Bill Pursell
Piano
Marshall Grant
Bass
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Jimmie Rodgers
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Don Law
Producer
Frank Jones
Producer
Lyrics
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 give him 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
He said get off you railroad bum and he slammed the boxcar door
Well 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 willed with pain
I'm a thousand miles away from home, waitin' for a train
Writer(s): Jimmie Rodgers
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