[00:05.48]Well I got my mail late last night
[00:08.36]A letter from a girl who found the time to write
[00:12.64]To her lonesome boy somewheres in the night
[00:16.74]She sent me a railroad ticket too
[00:19.43]To take me to her lovin' arms
[00:21.31]And the big steel rail gonna carry me home to the one I love
[00:29.41]Well I been out here many long days
[00:33.06]I haven't found a place that I could call my own
[00:36.94]Not a two bit bed to lay my body on
[00:41.06]I been stood up I been shook down
[00:43.55]I been dragged into the sand
[00:45.72]And the big steel rail gonna carry me home to the one I love
[01:06.07]Well I been uptight most every night
[01:09.68]Walkin' along the streets of this old town
[01:13.59]Not a friend around to tell my troubles to
[01:17.96]My good old car she done broke down
[01:20.46]'Cause I drove it into the ground
[01:22.53]And the big steel rail gonna carry me home to the one I love
[01:28.34]Well I look over yonder across the plain
[01:31.57]The big drive wheels are poundin' along the ground
[01:35.28]Gonna get on board and I'll be homeward bound
[01:39.77]Now I ain't had a home cooked meal
[01:42.38]And Lord I need one now
[01:44.48]And the big steel rail gonna carry me home to the one I love
[02:05.10]Now here I am with my hat in my hand
[02:08.49]Standin' on the broad highway will you give a ride
[02:12.29]To a lonesome boy who missed the train last night
[02:16.81]I went in town for one last round
[02:19.24]And I gambled my ticket away
[02:21.26]And the big steel rail won't carry me home to the one I love
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