Waiting for a Train

Merle Haggard

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Merle Haggard

Merle Ronald Haggard (born April 6, 1937) is an American country music song writer, singer, guitarist, fiddler and instrumentalist. Along with Buck Owens, Haggard and his band The Strangers helped create the Bakersfield sound, which is characterized by the unique twang of Fender Telecaster and the unique mix with the traditional country steel guitar sound, new vocal harmony styles in which the words are minimal, and a rough edge not heard on the more polished Nashville Sound recordings of the same era. more »


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1996
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All around the water tank
Sleepin' in the rain
A thousand miles away from home
Waitin' for a train

I walked up to a brake-man
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 state I dearly love
With the wide open spaces
All around me

The moon and stars above
Nobody seems to want me 
Or to lend a helping hand
I'm on my way from Frisco

Heading back to Dixieland
My pocketbook is empty
My heart is full of pain
I'm a thousand miles away from home

Waitin' for a train.

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Written by: JIMMIE RODGERS

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