Waitin' for the train to come in Waitin' for my man to come home I've counted every minute of each live-long day Been so melancholy since he went away I've shed a million teardrops or more Waitin' for the one I adore I'm waitin' in the depot by the railroad track Lookin' for the choo-choo train that brings him back I'm waitin' for my life to begin Waitin' for the train to come in I'm waitin' in the depot by the railroad track Lookin' for the choo-choo train that brings him back I'm waitin' for my life to begin Waitin' for the train to come in