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1.Riding on the City of New Orleans
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Illinois Central Monday morning rail
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Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders
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Three conductors and twenty-five sacks of mail
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All along the south bound odyssey, the train pulls out of Kenkakee
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Rolls along past houses farms and fields
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Passin' trains that have no name,and freight yards full of old
black men
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And the graveyards of the rusted automobiles
Chorus:
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Good morning America, how are ya?
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Said, don't you know me, I'm your native son
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I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans
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I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done
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2.Dealing card games with the old men in the club car
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Penny a point ain't no one keepin' score
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Pass the paper bag that holds the bottle
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Feel the wheels rumbling 'neath the floor
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And the sons of Pullman porters, and the sons of engineers
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Ride their father's magic carpets made of steel
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Mothers with their babes asleep rocking to the gentle beat
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And the rhythm of the rails is all they feel
Chorus:
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Good morning America, how are ya?
Em C G D
Said, don't you know me, I'm your native son
G D Em Em7 Em6
I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans
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I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done
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3.Nightime on the City of New Orleans
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Changing cars in Memphis, Tennessee
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Half-way home, we'll be there by morning
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Through the Mississippi darkness rolling down to the sea
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But all the towns and people seem to fade into a bad dream
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And the steel rail still ain't heard the news
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The conductor sings his songs again,the passengers will please refrain
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This train got the disappearing railroad blues
Chorus:
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Good morning America, how are ya?
Em C G D
Said, don't you know me, I'm your native son
G D Em Em7 Em6
I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans
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I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done
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