Karaoke Track: City Of New Orleans by Arlo Guthrie (All Hits) - Karaoke Nerds

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Ridin' on the City

of New Orleans

Illinois Central

Monday mornin' rail

Fifteen cars

and fifteen restless

riders

Three conductors

and twenty-five

sacks of mail

All along

the south bound Odyssey

The train pulls

out of Kankakee

And rolls along

past houses, farms

and fields

Passin' trains

that have no name

And freight yards

full of old black men

And the graveyards

of the rusted

automobiles

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

Penny a point ain't

no one keepin' score

Pass the paper bag

that holds the bottle

Feel the Wheels

grumblin' 'neath

the floor

Ride their father's

magic carpet

made of steel

Mothers with their
babes asleep

are rockin'

to the gentle beat

And the rhythm

of the rails

is all they feel

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

I'll be gone

five hundred miles

when the day is done

Night time

on the City

of New Orleans

Halfway home

We Will be there

by mornin'

Thru the Mississippi

darkness rollin'

down to the sea

But 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 songs again

The passengers Will

please refrain

Good night America

how are you?

I'm the train

they call the City

of New Orleans

I'll be gone

five hundred miles

when the day is done

Written by Steve Goodman
E)1970,1971 Buddah Music!
Turnpike Tom Music

Title: City Of New Orleans
Artist: Arlo Guthrie
Brand: All Hits
(6 Other Versions)
Codes: AH8011-07 MG04-07
Genres: classic rock, country rock, folk, folk rock, mellow gold, roots rock, singer-songwriter