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 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

Gordon Lightfoot - Early Lightfoot/Sunday Concert

Feb 2002

1. Rich Man's Spiritual
2. Long River
3. Way I Feel
4. For Lovin' Me
5. First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
6. Changes
7. Early Morning Rain
8. Steel Rail Blues
9. Sixteen Miles (To Seven Lakes)
10. I'm Not Sayin'
11. Pride of Man
12. Ribbon of Darkness
13. Oh Linda
14. Peaceful Waters
15. In a Windowpane
16. Lost Children
17. Leaves of Grass
18. Medley: I'm Not Sayin'/Ribbon of Darkness
19. Apology
20. Bitter Green
21. Ballad of Yarmouth Castle
22. Softly
23. Boss Man
24. Pussywillows, Cat-Tails
25. Canadian Railroad Trilogy