Lyrics City Of New Orleans - Judy Collins
Ridin'
on
the
City
of
New
Orleans
Illinois
Central,
Monday
mornin'
rail
15
cars
and
15
restless
riders
Three
conductors,
25
sacks
of
mail
On
the
southbound
odyssey
the
train
pulls
out
of
Kankakee
Rolls
along
past
houses,
farms
& fields
Passin'
trains
that
have
no
name,
freight
yards
full
of
old
black
men
And
the
graveyards
of
rusted
automobiles
Good
mornin'
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
500
miles
when
the
day
is
done
Dealin'
cards
with
the
old
men
in
the
club
car
A
penny
a
point,
ain't
no
one
keepin'
score
Pass
the
paper
bag
that
holds
the
bottle
And
feel
the
wheels
grumblin'
'neath
the
floor
And
the
sons
of
Pullman
porters
& the
sons
of
engineers
Ride
their
fathers'
magic
carpet
made
of
steel
Mothers
with
their
babes
asleep,
rockin'
to
the
gentle
beat
And
the
rhythm
of
the
rails
is
all
they
feel
Good
mornin'
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
500
miles
when
the
day
is
done
Night
time
on
the
City
of
New
Orleans
Changin'
cars
in
Memphis,
Tennessee
Halfway
home,
we'll
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
song
again
"The
passengers
will
please
refrain:
This
train
has
got
the
disappearin'
railroad
blues"
Good
mornin'
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
500
miles
when
the
day
is
done
1 Someday Soon
2 Who Knows Where the Times Goes
3 Chelsea Morning - 1997
4 Suzanne
5 Born To The Breed
6 A Maid of Constant Sorrow
7 Since You Asked
8 Bread And Roses
9 In the Hills of Shiloh
10 City Of New Orleans
11 The Fallow Way
12 Grandaddy
13 My Father
14 La Chanson Des Vieux Amants (The Song of Old Lovers)
15 In My LIfe
16 Marat / Sade
17 Send In The Clowns (From A Little Night Music)
18 Both Sides Now
19 Desperado
20 Masters of War
21 Fishermen Song
22 So Early, Early In The Spring
23 First Boy I Loved
24 Albatross
25 Hard Lovin' Loser
26 In The Heat Of The Summer
27 Pirate Jenny
28 Turn, Turn, Turn! / To Everything There Is a Season
29 Salt Of The Earth
30 Farewell To Tarwathie
31 Spanish Is The Loving Tongue
32 Nothing Lasts Forever
33 Walls (We Are Not Forgotten)
34 Bird On The Wire
35 Amazing Grace
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