Steel Rails

This song was first released on the All Aboard! album. It is the only album it has been released on.

Steel Rails, chasing sunshine ¡¯round the bend

Winding through the trees like a ribbon in the wind

I don¡¯t mind not knowing what lies down the track

¡¯Cause I¡¯m looking out ahead

To keep my mind from turning back



It¡¯s not the first time, I find myself alone at dawn

If I really had you once, I still have you when I'm gone

Whistle blowing, blowing lonesome in my mind

Calling me along that never ending double line

Steel Rails, chasing sunshine ¡¯round the bend

Winding through the trees like a ribbon in the wind

I don¡¯t mind not knowing what lies down the track

¡¯Cause I¡¯m looking out ahead to keep my mind from turning back

The sun is shining through the open boxcar door

Lying in my mind with the things I¡¯ve known before

And I¡¯ve lost count of all the hours, days and time

Just the rhythm of the rails keeps the motion in my mind

Steel Rails, chasing sunshine ¡¯round the bend

Winding through the trees like a ribbon in the wind

I don¡¯t mind not knowing what lies down the track

¡¯Cause I¡¯m looking out ahead to keep my mind from turning back

Words and music by Louisa Banscomb