Gordon Lightfoot – Steel Rail Blues (Ukulele)

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Well, I got my mail late last night

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A letter from a girl who found the time to write

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To her lonesome boy somewheres in the night

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She sent me a railroad ticket too

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To take me to her lovin' arms

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And the big steel rail gonna carry me home to the one I love

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Well, I been out here many long days

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I haven't found a place that I could call my own

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Not a two bit bed to lay my body on

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I been stood up, I been shook down

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I been dragged into the sand

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And the big steel rail gonna carry me home to the one I love

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Ooh ooh ooh yi he he

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Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

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Well, I been uptight most every night

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Walking along the streets of this old town

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Not a friend around to tell my troubles to

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My good old car she done broke down

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'Cause I drove it into the ground

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And the big steel rail gonna carry me home to the one I love

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Well, look over yonder across the plain

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The big drive wheels a-pounding along the ground

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Gonna get on board and I'll be homeward bound

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Now I ain't had a home cooked meal

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And Lord, I need one now

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And the big steel rail gonna carry me home to the one I love

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Ooh ooh ooh yi he he

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Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

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Now here I am with my head in the sand

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Standing on the broad highway, would you give a ride

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To a lonesome boy who missed the train last night

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I went in town for one last round

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And I gambled my ticket away

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And the big steel rail won't carry me home to the one I love

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Ooh ooh ooh yi he he

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Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

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Ooh ooh ooh yi he he

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Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

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Oh, Yi he he