C.w. Mccall - City Of New Orleans Lyrics
(steve goodman)Ridin on the city of new orleansIllinois central monday morning railFifteen cars and fifteen restless ridersTwo conductors and a-twenty-five sacks a mailAll along the southbound odysseyThe train pulls out at kankakeeAnd moves on along past houses, farms and fieldsPassin trains what aint got no namesSwitch yards full a old black menAnd the graveyards full of them rusted automobiles[chorus]Good mornin america, how are ya?Well, a dontcha know me? Im your native sonIm the train they call the city of new orleansAnd Ill be gone five hundred miles when the day is doneA-dealin cards with an old man down in the club carJust a penny a point aint a-nobody keepin scoreSay wont you pass that there paper bag thats a-wrappin the bottleFeel them wheels rumblin under that floorAnd the sons of pullman portersAnd the sons of engineersRide their daddys magical carpet made out of steelMamas with their babies asleepinAre rockin to the gentle beatAnd the rhythm of the rockin rails is all they feel[chorus]Good mornin america, how are ya?Well, a dontcha know me? Im your native sonIm the train they call the city of new orleansAnd Ill be gone five hundred miles when the day is doneNight-time on the city of new orleansA-changin cars a-down in memphis, tennesseeWell, a half way home, and a we gonna be there by morninThrough the mississippi darknessRollin down to that seaNow all a them towns and all the people seemTo fade away into a bad ol dreamBut the steel rail, well he still aint heard that newsConductors a-singin that song againSayin passengers will please refrainThis train done got the disappearin railroad blues[chorus]Good night america, how are ya?Well, a dontcha know me? Im your native sonIm the train they call the city of new orleansAnd Ill be gone five hundred miles when the day is done[fade out.]Mamas with their babies asleepinAre rockin to the gentle beatAnd the rhythm of the rockin rails is all they feelMamas with their babies asleepinAre rockin to the gentle beatAnd the rhythm of the rockin rails is all they feelYeah.
