Steel Rail Blues

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


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