Steel Rail Blues Lyrics

The song Steel Rail Blues is performed by Gordon Lightfoot in the album named Early Lightfoot/Sunday Concert in the year 2002 .



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


Steel Rail Blues