Waiting For A Train

Lyrics

[Spoken: Interviewer & Mississippi John Hurt] Tell you what you might do, that uh, play the, uh, "Let the Mermaids Flirt With Me" except use the old original words: sing "Waiting for a train." Sing "Waiting For a Train?" Yea, you remember most of that, don't you? Well I can't yodel [Both laugh] I can't do that I'm not sure I'd want to hear you! [Both laugh] You're right! It'd be worse than breaking up [?] Eh, in other words, just, let it be the [?] no reason to worry All around the water tank leakin' in the rain Thousand miles away from home waiting for a train I walked up to the brakeman, I asked for a line of talk He says "If you got money man I will 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," he slammed the boxcar door Put me off in Texas, place I dearly love Wide open spaces all around me, moon and stars up above There's no one seem to care me, either lend me a helping hand I'm on my way from Frisco, I'm goin back to Dixieland My pocketbook is empty and my heart is full of pain Thousand miles away from home waiting for a train