Lyrics - Steel Rail Blues by Gordon Lightfoot

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

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