Lyrics of Steel rail blues

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 a 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 bin dragged into the sand and the big steel rail
Gonna carry me home to the one i love

Well i been up tight most every night
Walking along the streets of this old town
Not a friend 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

Now here i am with my head in the sand
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