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Correct City Of New Orleans Lyrics
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Correct City Of New Orleans
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Ridin' on the City of New Orleans Illinois Central, Monday mornin' rail 15 cars & 15 restless riders Three conductors and 24 sacks of mail All along the southbound odyssey the train rolls out of Kankakee And moves along past houses, farms and fields Passin' trains that have no names and switch yards full of old black men And the graveyards full of rusted automobiles Chorus: Good mornin' America, how are you? 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 500 miles when the day is done Dealin' cards with an old man in the club car Penny a point, nobody's keepin' score Hey now pass that paper bag that holds the bottle And feel the wheels a rumblin' neath the floor And the sons of Pullman porters and the sons of engineers Ride their Daddy's magic carpet made of steel Mothers with their babes asleep, rockin' to that gentle beat And the rhythm of the rails is all they feel Repeat Chorus Night time on the City of New Orleans Changin' cars in Memphis, Tennessee Halfway home and we'll be there by mornin' Thru the Mississippi darkness rollin' down to the sea And all the towns and people seem to fade into a bad dream And the steel rail still ain't heard the news The conductor sings his song again "The passengers will please refrain: This train's got the disappearin' railroad blues Repeat Chorus
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