Alison Krauss Steel Rails song lyrics

Steel rails chasin' sunshine round the bend

Winding through 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 found myself alone at dawn

If I really had you once then I'd have you when I'm gone

Whistle blowing blowin' lonesome in my mind

Calling me along that never endin' metal line.

Steel rails chasin' sunshine round the bend

Winding through 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.

Sun is shinning through the open boxcar door

Lying in my mind with the things I've known before

I've lost count of the hours days and times

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

Steel rails chasin' sunshine

Cause I'm looking out ahead to round the bend

Winding through 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.

keep my mind from turning back...