City of New Orleans

[00:01.85] Ridin' on the City of New Orleans [00:07.49] Illinois Central, Monday mornin' rail [00:12.52] 15 cars and 15 restless riders [00:17.46] Three conductors, 24 sacks of mail [00:23.67] All along the southbound odyssey the train pulls out of Kankakee [00:28.95] And moves along past houses, farms and fields [00:34.26] Passin' towns that have no name, freight yards full of old black men [00:39.61] And the graveyards full of rusted automobiles [00:45.37] Good mornin' America, how are you? [00:50.44] Say, don't you know me? I'm your native son! [00:55.51] I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans [01:00.88] I'll be gone 500 miles when the day is done [01:09.76] Dealin' cards with the old men on the club car [01:15.02] Penny a point, ain't no one keepin' score [01:20.20] Hey, pass the paper bag that holds the bottle [01:26.56] Feel the wheels grumblin' neath the floor [01:31.11] And the sons of Pullman porters and the sons of engineers [01:36.47] Ride their daddies' magic carpet made of steel [01:42.52] Mothers with their babes asleep, rockin' to the gentle beat [01:47.56] And the rhythm of the rails is all they feel [01:53.89] Good mornin' America, how are you? [01:58.39] Say, don't you know me? I'm your native son! [02:03.67] I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans [02:08.70] I'll be gone 500 miles when the day is done [02:17.83] It's night time on the City of New Orleans [02:22.72] Changin' cars in Memphis, Tennessee [02:28.31] Halfway home, and we'll be there by mornin' [02:33.68] Through the Mississippi darkness rollin' down to the sea [02:39.01] And the towns and all the people seem to fade into a bad dream [02:44.65] And the steel rail still ain't heard the news [02:49.65] The conductor sings his song again [02:52.76] "The passengers will please refrain [02:55.56] This train has got to disappear i railroad blues [03:01.48] Good mornin' America, how are you? [03:06.23] Say, don't you know me? I'm your native son! [03:11.42] I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans [03:16.43] I'll be gone 500 miles when the day is done [03:22.49] I'll be gone 500 miles when the day is done [03:28.44]