GORDON LIGHTFOOT - Steel Rail Blues lyrics

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Well I got my mail late last night<br>A letter from a girl who found the time<br>To write<br>To her lonesome boy somewheres in the<br>Night<br>She sent me a railroad ticket too<br>To take me to her lovin' arms<br>And the big steel rail gonna carry me<br>Home to the one I love<br><br>Well I bin out here many long days<br>I haven't found a place that I could call<br>My own<br>Not a two bit bed to lay my body on<br>I bin stood up I bin shook down<br>I bin dragged into the sand<br>And the big steel rail gonna carry me<br>Home to the one I love<br>Ooooh oooo oo whu hu hoo<br>Ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo oo<br><br>Well I bin up tight most every night<br>Walkin' along the streets of this old town<br>Not a friend around to tell my troubles to<br>My good old car she done broke down<br>'cause I drove it into the ground<br>And the big steel rail gonna carry me<br>Home to the one I love<br><br>Well I look over yonder across the plain<br>The big drive wheels are poundin' along<br>The ground<br>Gonna get on board and I'll be homeward<br>Bound<br>Now I ain't had a home cooked meal<br>And lord I need one now<br>And the big steel rail gonna carry me<br>Home to the one I love<br><br>Now here I am with my hat in hand<br>Standin' on the broad highway will you<br>Give a ride<br>To a lonesome boy who missed the train<br>Last night<br>I went in town for one last round<br>And I gambled my ticket away<br>And the big steel rail won't carry me<br>Home to the one I love