[Intro]

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[Verse 1]
        
Well, I got my

 mail late las

t night
              
A letter from 

            
a girl who fou

              
nd the time to

 
 write
              
To her lonesom

              
e boy somewher

          
es in the nigh

t
    
She sent me a 

railroad ticke

t too
              
To take me to 

           
her loving arm

s
              
And the big st

            
eel rail gonna

            
 carry me home

              
 to the one I 


love

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[Verse 2]
        
Well, I been o

ut here many l

ong days
              
I haven't foun

              
d a place that

            
 I could call 

   
my own
              
Not a two bit 

              
bed to lay my 

     
body on
  
I been stood u

p, I been shoo

k down
              
I been dragged

          
 into the sand
              
And the big st

            
eel rail gonna

            
 carry me home

              
 to the one I 


love

[Link]
  

[Chorus]
       
Ooh ooh ooh yi

 he he
       
ooh ooh ooh oo

  
h ooh

[Interlude]

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[Verse 3]
        
Well, I been u

ptight most ev

ery night
              
Walking along 

            
the streets of

          
 this old town
              
Not a friend a

              
round to tell 

            
my troubles to
   
My good old ca

r she done bro

ke down
              
'Cause I drove

             
 it into the g

round
              
And the big st

            
eel rail gonna

            
 carry me home

              
 to the one I 


love

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[Verse 4]
      
Well, look ove

r yonder acros

s the plain
              
The big drive 

            
wheels a-pound

              
ing along the 


ground
              
Gonna get on b

              
oard and I'll 

            
be homeward bo

und
    
Now I ain't ha

d a home cooke

d meal
              
And Lord, I ne

       
ed one now
              
And the big st

            
eel rail gonna

            
 carry me home

              
 to the one I 


love

[Link]
  

[Chorus]
       
Ooh ooh ooh yi

 he he
       
ooh ooh ooh oo

  
h ooh

[Interlude]

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[Verse 5]
    
Now here I am 

with my head i

n the sand
              
Standing on th

            
e broad highwa

              
y, would you g

      
ive a ride
              
To a lonesome 

              
boy who missed

              
 the train las

  
t night
  
I went in town

 for one last 

round
              
And I gambled 

           
my ticket away
              
And the big st

            
eel rail won't

            
 carry me home

              
 to the one I 


love

[Link]
  

[Chorus]
       
Ooh ooh ooh yi

 he he
       
ooh ooh ooh oo

  
h ooh

       
Ooh ooh ooh yi

 he he
       
ooh ooh ooh oo

  
h ooh

[Interlude]

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[Outro]
        
oh, Yi he he