Steel Rail Blues Lyrics - Gord's Gold - 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 somewhere in the night 

She sent me a railroad ticket too to take me to her loving arms 

And the big steel rail gonna carry me home to the one I love 

Well I been 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 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 

Ooh, ooh, ooh 

Ooh, ooh, ooh 

Ooh, ooh, ooh 

Well I been up tight most every night 

Walking 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 look over yonder across the plain 

The big drive wheels a-pounding 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 

Ooh, ooh, ooh 

Ooh, ooh, ooh 

Ooh, ooh, ooh 

Now here I am with my head in my hand 

Standing 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 

Ooh, ooh, ooh 

Ooh, ooh, ooh 

Ooh, ooh, ooh