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City of New Orleans

In the style of

John Denver

Lyrics

riding on
the city of new orleans

illinois central
monday morning rail

there's fifteen cars
and fifteen restless riders

three conductors
and twenty five sacks of mail

they're out on
the south-bound odyssey

and the train pulls
out of kankakee

rolling past houses
farms and fields

passing towns that
have no name

freight yards full of
old gray men

the graveyards
of rusted automobiles

singing good morning america
how are you?

saying don't you know me
i'm your native son?

i'm the train they call
the city of new orleans

i'll be gone five hundred miles
when the day is done

oh dealing cards with the old
men in the club car

plenty of points
ain't no one keeping score

say won't you pass
the paper bag

that holds the bottle
yeah feel the wheels

rumbling 'neath the floor
and the sons

of pullman porters
and the sons of engineers

ride their father's
magic carpet

made of steel
and the days are

full of restless
and the dreams are

full of memories
and the echoes of

the freight train
whistles clear

singing good morning america
how are you?

saying don't you know me
i'm your native son?

yes i'm the train they call
the city of new orleans

i'll be gone five hundred miles
when the day is done

but it's twilight
on the city of new orleans

talk about
a pocket full of friends

halfway home
and we'll be there by morning

with no tomorrow
waiting 'round the bend and

singing good night america
i love you

saying don't you know me
i'm your native son?

i'm the train they call
the city of new orleans

i'll be gone five hundred miles
when the day is done

singing good morning america
how are you?

saying don't you know me
i'm your native son?

yes i'm the train they call
the city of new orleans

i'll be gone five hundred miles
when the day is done

Details

  • Duration : 3:16
  • Key : Eb
  • Genre : Country
  • Year released : 1971
  • Language : English

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