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Artist/Band: The Highwaymen
Lyrics for Song: City Of New Orleans [Live]
Lyrics for Album: Other Songs - The Highwaymen



Ridin' on the City of New Orleans

Illinois Central, Monday mornin' rail

15 cars and 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



[Chorus]

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



[Chorus]



Night time on the City of New Orleans

Changin' cars in Memphis, Tennessee

Halfway home, we'll be there by mornin'

Through 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



[Chorus]


Album Lyrics: Other Songs - The Highwaymen


The Highwaymen
"Other Songs - The Highwaymen"


1. Against The Wind
2. American Remains
3. Angel Flying Too Close To The Ground [Live]
4. Angels Love Bad Men
5. Anthem '84
6. Big River
7. Born And Raised In Black And White
8. Casey's Last Ride
9. City Of New Orleans [Live]
10. Committed To Parkview
11. Cotton Fields
12. Deportee (plane Wreck At Los Gatos)
13. Good Hearted Woman [Live]
14. Highwayman
15. Jesse Younger
16. Jim, I Wore A Tie Today
17. Just The Other Side Of Nowhere
18. Live Forever
19. Living Legend
20. Lorena
21. Love's Gonna Live Here
22. Out Of Mind, Out Of Sight
23. Red-Headed Stranger [Live]
24. Sally Was A Good Old Girl
25. Silver Stallion
26. Songs That Make A Difference
27. Sugar Man
28. Sunday Morning Coming Down [Live]
29. Texas
30. The Highwaymen
31. The Last Cowboy Song
32. Two Stories Wide
33. We're All In Your Corner
34. Welfare Line
35. White Lightning