Steel Rail Blues

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[00:05.59] Well, I got my mail in late last night [00:08.33] A letter from a girl who found the time to write [00:12.32] To her lonesome boy somewhere's in the night [00:16.67] She sent me a railroad ticket too [00:19.49] To take me to her lovin' arms [00:21.40] And the big steel rail gonna carry me home to the one I love [00:27.40] [00:29.91] Well, I been out here many long days [00:33.02] I haven't found a place that I could call my own [00:36.93] Not a two bit bed to lay my body on [00:41.10] I been stood up, I been shook down [00:43.69] I been dragged into the sand [00:45.66] And the big steel rail gonna carry me home to the one I love [00:52.36] Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh [00:59.14] Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh [01:06.71] Well, I been uptight most every night [01:09.78] Walkin' along the streets of this old town [01:13.61] Not a friend around to tell my troubles to [01:17.82] My good old car she done broke down [01:20.44] 'Cause I drove it into the ground [01:22.54] And the big steel rail gonna carry me home to the one I love [01:28.51] Well, I look over yonder across the plain [01:31.55] The big drive wheels are poundin' along the ground [01:35.48] Gonna get on board and I'll be homeward-bound [01:39.93] Now, I ain't had a home cooked meal [01:42.66] And Lord, I need one now [01:44.35] And the big steel rail gonna carry me home to the one I love [01:50.89] Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh [01:57.82] Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh [02:05.66] Now, here I am with my hat in my hand [02:08.47] Standin' on the broad highway, will you give a ride [02:12.35] To a lonesome boy who missed the train last night [02:16.66] I went in town for one last round [02:19.30] And I gambled my ticket away [02:21.37] And the big steel rail won't carry me home to the one I love [02:27.63] Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh [02:34.60] Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh [02:40.18] Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh [02:46.55] Ooh-ooh-ooh... [02:48.79]