City of New Orleans - Live Full Band Version Bonus Track
I think Mr. Goodman summed it up best
We're goin' on his train, right now
Riding on the 'City of New Orleans'
Illinois Central, Monday morning train
15 cars and 15 restless riders
Three conductors and 34 sacks of mail
All along the southbound odyssey, as the train pulls out from Kankakee
Heading over highways, farms and fields
I'm passing trains that have no name, freight yards full of old black men
And the graves of rusted automobiles
Singing, "Good morning America, how are you?"
I say, don't you know me? I'm your native son
I'm the train they call the 'City of New Orleans'
And I'll be gone 500 miles when the day is done"
Dealing club cards with the old man in the club car
Hey, penny a point, ain't no one keeping score
Pass that paper bag that holds the bottle
Hey, feel the wheels rumblin' through the floor
And the sons of Pullman porters and the sons of engineers
Ride their mother's magic carpet made of steel
Mothers with their babes at rest, holding to the very chest
And the rhythm of the rails is all they feel
Singing, "Good morning America, how are you?
Say, don't you know me? I'm your native son
I'm the train they call the 'City of New Orleans'
And I'll be gone 500 miles when the day is done
Come on, Doyle, take us to New Orleans
Nighttime on the 'City of New Orleans'
Changing cars in Memphis, Tennessee
Halfway there, we'll be there by morning
Through the Mississippi darkness, rolling down to the sea
And the passengers and all their scream
Feeling through this bad, bad dream
'Cause it feels like they ain't heard the news
Conductor racks that same refrain, passengers will please refrain
'Cause this train's got the disappearing railroad blues
Singing, "Good morning America, how are you?
Oh, don't you know me? I'm your native son
I'm the train they call the 'City of New Orleans'
And I'll be gone 500 miles when the day is done
I'm the train they call the 'City of New Orleans'
And I'll be gone 500 miles when the day is done
Good evening, America
Thank you, Steve Goodman
We're goin' on his train, right now
Riding on the 'City of New Orleans'
Illinois Central, Monday morning train
15 cars and 15 restless riders
Three conductors and 34 sacks of mail
All along the southbound odyssey, as the train pulls out from Kankakee
Heading over highways, farms and fields
I'm passing trains that have no name, freight yards full of old black men
And the graves of rusted automobiles
Singing, "Good morning America, how are you?"
I say, don't you know me? I'm your native son
I'm the train they call the 'City of New Orleans'
And I'll be gone 500 miles when the day is done"
Dealing club cards with the old man in the club car
Hey, penny a point, ain't no one keeping score
Pass that paper bag that holds the bottle
Hey, feel the wheels rumblin' through the floor
And the sons of Pullman porters and the sons of engineers
Ride their mother's magic carpet made of steel
Mothers with their babes at rest, holding to the very chest
And the rhythm of the rails is all they feel
Singing, "Good morning America, how are you?
Say, don't you know me? I'm your native son
I'm the train they call the 'City of New Orleans'
And I'll be gone 500 miles when the day is done
Come on, Doyle, take us to New Orleans
Nighttime on the 'City of New Orleans'
Changing cars in Memphis, Tennessee
Halfway there, we'll be there by morning
Through the Mississippi darkness, rolling down to the sea
And the passengers and all their scream
Feeling through this bad, bad dream
'Cause it feels like they ain't heard the news
Conductor racks that same refrain, passengers will please refrain
'Cause this train's got the disappearing railroad blues
Singing, "Good morning America, how are you?
Oh, don't you know me? I'm your native son
I'm the train they call the 'City of New Orleans'
And I'll be gone 500 miles when the day is done
I'm the train they call the 'City of New Orleans'
And I'll be gone 500 miles when the day is done
Good evening, America
Thank you, Steve Goodman
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Writer(s): Steve Goodman
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