All around the water tower, waiting for a train. 各地水塔，等待一列火车。

A thousand miles away from home, sleeping in the rain. 千里之外的家，睡在雨中。

I walked up to a brakeman just to give him a line of talk, 我走到一个司闸员只给他行的通话，

He said if you've got money, I'll see that you don't walk. 他说，如果你有钱，我会看到你不走。

Well, I haven't got a nickel, not a penny can I show. 好吧，我没有镍，没有一分钱，我可以证明。

Get off, get off, you railroad bum, and he slammed that boxcar door. 下车，下车的时候，你的铁路流浪汉，他抨击了棚车车门。

   

Well, he put me off in Texas, a state I dearly love. 嗯，他把我关在得克萨斯州，一个国家我特别喜欢。

The wide open spaces all round me, the moon and stars up above. 在开阔空间周围的人，月亮和星星在天上。

Nobody seems to want me nor to lend me a helping hand. 似乎没有人要我，也没有借给我了援助之手。

I'm on my way from 'Frisco, going back to Dixieland. 我是从“弗里斯科我的路，回到爵士音乐。

My pocketbook is empty, my heart is full of pain. 我的钱袋子是空的，我的心脏是充满了痛苦。

I'm a thousand miles away from home, just waiting for a train. 我在千里之外的家，只是在等待一列火车。