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 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 bin shook down, i been dragged into the sand, and the big steel rail gonna carry me home to the one i love, well i been uptight 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 my 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