Steel Rail Blues - 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 

Oohooh

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 

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