Lyrics: Fats Domino
Music: Fats Domino
Listed on setlists for Tooloos Ta Truck
on 17 May 1976. The main portion of the lyrics is a version of Fats Domino's "Helping Hand"
(it also shares some lyrics with Waiting For A Train).
The first line may be from the Overtones "Goodnight Sweetheart"
Goodnight sweetheart, well it's time to goFats Domino's "Helping Hand":
Hey, mama, yeah
Hey mama, don't you treat me wrong, yeah
I'm a thousand miles away from home
Sleeping in the rain
A thousand miles away from home
And I'm waiting, I'm waiting for a train
Well, yes, I am
Well, somebody seem to want me
Baby, you'll give me your helping hand
Somebody seem to want me
Oh give me your helping hand, yeah
Well, I ain't got nobody, baby
Well, I'm tired of living in this world all alone
I'm a thousand miles away from home, sleeping in the rain
A thousand miles away from home, waiting for a train
Nobody seems to want me or give me a helping hand
I nevermore will roam again if I ever get home again
Nobody seems to want me or give me a helping hand
I nevermore will roam again if I ever get home again