《City of New Orleans》歌词

[00:00:05] Riding on the city of new orleans

[00:00:11] Illinios central, monday morning rail

[00:00:15] 15 cars and 15 restless riders

[00:00:20] 3 conductors and 25 sacks of mail

[00:00:25] All along a southbound odyssey

[00:00:28] The train pulls out of kankakee

[00:00:30] Rolls along past houses, farms and fields

[00:00:36] Passing trains that have no name

[00:00:38] Freight yards full of old black men

[00:00:40] The graveyards of the rusted automobiles

[00:00:43] Singing good morning america, how are you?

[00:00:51] Saying, dont you know me Im your native son?

[00:00:55] Im the train they call the city of new orleans

[00:01:01] Ill be gone 500 miles when the day is done

[00:01:06] Dealing cards with the old men in the club car

[00:01:11] Penny a point, aint no one keeping score

[00:01:16] Pass the paper bag that holds the bottle

[00:01:21] Feel the wheels a rumbling neath the floor

[00:01:26] And the sons of pullman porters

[00:01:29] And the sons of engineers

[00:01:31] Ride their fathers magic carpet made of steel

[00:01:35] And mothers with their babes asleep

[00:01:39] Rockin to the gentle beat

[00:01:42] And the rhythm of the rails is all they feel

[00:01:46] Singing good morning america, how are you?

[00:01:51] Saying dont you know me, Im your native son?

[00:01:56] Im the train they call the city of new orleans

[00:02:02] Ill be gone 500 miles when the day is done

[00:02:07] Nighttime on the city of new orleans

[00:02:13] Changing cars in memphis, tennessee

[00:02:18] Halfway home and well be there by morning

[00:02:23] Through the mississippi darkness rolling down to the sea

[00:02:27] But all the towns and people seem

[00:02:43] To fade into a bad dream

[00:02:55] And the steel rails still aint heard the news

[00:02:58] The conductor sings his song again

[00:03:04] The passengers will please refrain

[00:03:05] This train has got the disappearing railroad blues

[00:03:06] Singing good morning america, how are you?

[00:03:07] Saying dont you know me, Im your native son?

[00:03:09] Im the train they call the city of new orleans

[00:03:10] Ill be gone 500 miles when the day is done