Steel Rail Blues lyrics by Gordon Lightfoot
Well I got my mail late last nightA letter from a girl
who found the time to write
to her lonesome boy
somewhere 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've been out here
many a long day
I haven't found a place
that I could call my own
Not a two bit bed
to lay my body on
I've been stood up,
I've been shook down
I've been 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've been uptight
most every night
Walkin' along
the streets of this old town
Not a friend 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
Ooooh oooo oo whu hu hoo
Ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo oo
And now here I am
with my hat in my hand
Standin' on the broad highway
Will you give a ride
To a lonesome boy
who just missed the train last night
I went in town for one last round
And I gambled my ticket away
The big steel rail won't
carry me home to the one I love
Ooooh oooo oo whu hu hoo
Ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo oo
Ooooh oooo whu hu hoo
Ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo
oooo whu hu hu hoo
