Lyrics Steel Rail Lullaby - Todd Mankin Band

Sunday morning church bells ringing
listen while the choir's singing
Old Rugged Cross and Amazing Grace
A dirty town at the end of the tracks
But I knew one day they'd bring me back
To a place I never really tried to escape
Just had to roll and test my faith

Train it ran North to South
From the hills of home to the devil's mouth
The whistle blows and it still makes me cry
When mama sings a steel rail lullaby

Got a steel rail running through my soul
Takes me where I don't need to go
From mama's arms to the county jail
I guess locked up's where I belong
But I sure do miss the warmth of home
The hills of that dirty town haunt my dreams
They hide the secrets of the man I used to be

Train it ran North to South
From the hills of home to the devil's mouth
The whistle blows and it still makes me cry
When mama sings a steel rail lullaby

Oh that whistle blows
Oh that whistle blows
Train it ran north to south from the hills of home to the devils mouth
The whistle blows it still makes me cry