Steel Rail Blues
Steel Rail Blues

Gordon Lightfoot - Steel Rail Blues Lyrics

Singer/Songwriter
Oct 5, 1993
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Steel Rail Blues Lyrics

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 been out here many a 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 been stood up I been shook down
I been dragged into the sand
And the big steel rail
Gonna carry me home to the one I love

Well, I been 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

Well, here I am with my hat in hand
Standin' on the broad highway, would 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

Writer(s): Gordon Lightfoot
Copyright(s): Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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