Lyrics City of New Orleans (Live) - Arlo Guthrie
The
City
of
New
Orleans
By
Steve
Goodman
Riding
on
the
City
of
New
Orleans,
Illinois
Central
Monday
morning
rail
Fifteen
cars
and
fifteen
restless
riders,
Three
conductors
and
twenty-five
sacks
of
mail.
All
along
the
southbound
odyssey
The
train
pulls
out
at
Kankakee
Rolls
along
past
houses,
farms
and
fields.
Passin'
trains
that
have
no
names,
Freight
yards
full
of
old
black
men
And
the
graveyards
of
the
rusted
automobiles.
Good
morning
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
five
hundred
miles
when
the
day
is
done.
Dealin'
card
games
with
the
old
men
in
the
club
car.
Penny
a
point
ain't
no
one
keepin'
score.
Pass
the
paper
bag
that
holds
the
bottle
Feel
the
wheels
rumblin'
'neath
the
floor.
And
the
sons
of
pullman
porters
And
the
sons
of
engineers
Ride
their
father's
magic
carpets
made
of
steel.
Mothers
with
their
babes
asleep,
Are
rockin'
to
the
gentle
beat
And
the
rhythm
of
the
rails
is
all
they
feel.
Nighttime
on
The
City
of
New
Orleans,
Changing
cars
in
Memphis,
Tennessee.
Half
way
home,
we'll
be
there
by
morning
Through
the
Mississippi
darkness
Rolling
down
to
the
sea.
And
all
the
towns
and
people
seem
To
fade
into
a
bad
dream
And
the
steel
rails
still
ain't
heard
the
news.
The
conductor
sings
his
song
again,
The
passengers
will
please
refrain
This
train's
got
the
disappearing
railroad
blues.
Good
night,
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
five
hundred
miles
when
the
day
is
done.
1 Oklahoma Hills Intro - Live
2 Oklahoma Hills (Live)
3 Pretty Boy Floyd Intro - Live
4 Pretty Boy Floyd - Live
5 St. James Infirmary Intro - Live
6 St. James Infirmary (Live)
7 Haleiwa Farewell Intro - Live
8 Haleiwa Farewell - Live
9 Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos) Intro - Live
10 Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos) - Live
11 1913 Massacre Intro - Live
12 1913 Massacre - Live
13 Mother's Voice (I Hear You Sing Again) Intro (Live)
14 Mother's Voice (I Hear You Sing Again) (Live)
15 Do Re Mi Intro (Live)
16 Do Re Mi (Live)
17 Thundering Hoofbeats of Creativity - Live
18 This Song Is for That Guy - Live
19 Motorcycle Song - Live
20 Mom's Been Arrested - Live
21 Coming into Los Angeles (Live)
22 The King of the Twelve-String Guitar (Live)
23 Alabama Bound (Live)
24 Music for All Occasions - Live
25 Mooses Come Walking - Live
26 Old Shep Intro (Live)
27 Me and My Goose - Live
28 Piano Lessons (Live)
29 One Night in New Orleans (Live)
30 St. Louis Tickle - Live
31 City of New Orleans (Live)
32 1965 with Ramblin' Jack (Live)
33 Highway in the Wind (Live)
34 This Land Is Your Land (Live)
35 You Know the Rest (Live)
36 A Poster in Portland (Live)
37 Tuning at Carnegie with Pete (Live)
38 The Dustbowl Balladeer (Live)
39 Three Month Evaluation (Live)
40 My Peace Intro (Live)
41 My Peace - Live
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