Steel Rail Blues

Song Steel Rail Blues
Artist Gordon Lightfoot
Album Early Lightfoot/Sunday Concert

Lyrics

[00:05.48] Well I got my mail late last night
[00:08.36] A letter from a girl who found the time to write
[00:12.64] To her lonesome boy somewheres in the night
[00:16.74] She sent me a railroad ticket too
[00:19.43] To take me to her lovin' arms
[00:21.31] And the big steel rail gonna carry me home to the one I love
[00:29.41] Well I been out here many long days
[00:33.06] I haven't found a place that I could call my own
[00:36.94] Not a two bit bed to lay my body on
[00:41.06] I been stood up I been shook down
[00:43.55] I been dragged into the sand
[00:45.72] And the big steel rail gonna carry me home to the one I love
[01:06.07] Well I been uptight most every night
[01:09.68] Walkin' along the streets of this old town
[01:13.59] Not a friend around to tell my troubles to
[01:17.96] My good old car she done broke down
[01:20.46] 'Cause I drove it into the ground
[01:22.53] And the big steel rail gonna carry me home to the one I love
[01:28.34] Well I look over yonder across the plain
[01:31.57] The big drive wheels are poundin' along the ground
[01:35.28] Gonna get on board and I'll be homeward bound
[01:39.77] Now I ain't had a home cooked meal
[01:42.38] And Lord I need one now
[01:44.48] And the big steel rail gonna carry me home to the one I love
[02:05.10] Now here I am with my hat in my hand
[02:08.49] Standin' on the broad highway will you give a ride
[02:12.29] To a lonesome boy who missed the train last night
[02:16.81] I went in town for one last round
[02:19.24] And I gambled my ticket away
[02:21.26] And the big steel rail won't carry me home to the one I love
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