View Full Version : PLEASE HELP!- "The City of New Orleans"
Sean Snow
06-20-2001, 01:43 PM
CAn someone please help me with the lyrics of "The City of New Orleans." I know the first two lines which go:
Good morning, America, how are ya?
Don't ya know me, I'm your native son!
Any help will be appreciated!
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Devon King
06-20-2001, 11:03 PM
Hey! Found this on the net... If memory serves I think its right.
"City of New Orleans"
written by Steve Goodman
Ridin' on the City of New Orleans
Illinois Central, Monday mornin' rail
15 cars & 15 restless riders
Three conductors, 25 sacks of mail
All along the southbound odyssey the train pulls out of Kankakee
Rolls along past houses, farms & fields
Passin' graves that have no name, freight yards full of old black men
And the graveyards of rusted automobiles
Good mornin' 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 500 miles when the day is done
Dealin' cards 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
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 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.
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 & 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 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.
Devastation26
06-21-2001, 02:54 PM
I think them are right....
dawsongirl
06-21-2001, 10:33 PM
Who sang this? I can't remember.
MARFAR104
06-25-2001, 01:34 PM
Originally posted by dawsongirl:
Who sang this? I can't remember.
ARLO GUTHRIE SANG THIS. I LOVE THAT SONG!
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