Gordon Lightfoot - Steel Rail Blues |
Steel Rail Blues
Gordon Lightfoot Well I got my mail late last night To her lonesome boy somewheres in the night She sent me a railroad ticket too A letter from a girl who found the time to write To take me to her lovin' arms Ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo oo And the big steel rail gonna carry me home to the one I love Ooooh oooo oo whu hu hoo Well I bin out here many a long days I bin stood up I bin shook down I haven't found a place that I could call my own Not a two bit bed to lay my body on I bin dragged into the sand Well I bin up tight most every night And the big steel rail gonna carry me home to the one I love Walkin' along the streets of this old town My good old car she done broke down 'Cause i drove it into the ground Not a friend to tell my troubles to 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 Now I ain't had a home cooked meal Gonna get on board and I'll be homeward bound 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 |