Gordon Lightfoot - 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 bin 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 bin stood up i bin shook down I bin 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 bin 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 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