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Gordon Lightfoot Steel Rail Blues Lyrics
Total views: 1 time this week / Rating: 10/10 [1 vote]Album: Gord's Gold / Original Release Date: 1975Genre: Singer/SongwriterSong Duration: 2 min 49 sec
GORDON LIGHTFOOT
- Steel Rail Blues Lyrics / with translationsWell 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
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
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
Facts about Steel Rail Blues
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Steel Rail Blues is written and performed by Gordon Lightfoot.
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It is first released in 1975 as part of Gordon Lightfoot's album "Gord's Gold" which includes 22 tracks in total. This song is the 6th track on this album.
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When we interpret the meaning being expressed, Gordon Lightfoot's song 'Steel Rail Blues' narrates the tale of a person who gets a letter from a beloved inviting her back home, represented by the 'big steel rail.' He goes through many problems and disappointments but still the yearning to go back to the warm and loving place of home is very powerful, which points out the need for connection and the comfort of having a place to belong. The steel rail blues lyrics demonstrate love, heartbreak, despair, angst and solitude mainly. The song at the same time highlights the need for love and home, loneliness and struggle, regret and loss. There is nothing in the lyrics like vulgarity, adult themes, or violence. They show a desire for home and love in a pure way that is therefore suited for children and everyone else.
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Steel Rail Blues falls under the genres Singer, Songwriter.
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Steel Rail Blues is produced by John Court.
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Steel Rail Blues song length is 2 minutes and 49 seconds.
Who wrote Steel Rail Blues lyrics?
Steel Rail Blues is written and performed by Gordon Lightfoot.
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When was Steel Rail Blues released?
It is first released in 1975 as part of Gordon Lightfoot's album "Gord's Gold" which includes 22 tracks in total. This song is the 6th track on this album.
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What is the meaning behind Steel Rail Blues lyrics?
When we interpret the meaning being expressed, Gordon Lightfoot's song 'Steel Rail Blues' narrates the tale of a person who gets a letter from a beloved inviting her back home, represented by the 'big steel rail.' He goes through many problems and disappointments but still the yearning to go back to the warm and loving place of home is very powerful, which points out the need for connection and the comfort of having a place to belong. The steel rail blues lyrics demonstrate love, heartbreak, despair, angst and solitude mainly. The song at the same time highlights the need for love and home, loneliness and struggle, regret and loss. There is nothing in the lyrics like vulgarity, adult themes, or violence. They show a desire for home and love in a pure way that is therefore suited for children and everyone else.
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Which genre is Steel Rail Blues?
Steel Rail Blues falls under the genres Singer, Songwriter.
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Who produced Steel Rail Blues?
Steel Rail Blues is produced by John Court.
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How long is the song Steel Rail Blues?
Steel Rail Blues song length is 2 minutes and 49 seconds.
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Songwriter(s): Gordon LightfootRecord Label(s): 1975 Warner Bros Records Inc
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