Song Lyrics
mothers with their babes asleep
Penny a point, and feel the wheels grumblin neath the floor
Pass the paper bag that holds the bottle, ride their fathers magic carpet made of steel Willie, thru the mississippi darkness rollin down to the sea
Halfway home, and feel the wheels grumblin neath the floor, changin cars in memphis
15 cars 15 restless riders
15 cars 15 restless riders, and the steel rail still ain t heard the news
illinois central
Pass the paper bag that holds the bottle, thru the mississippi darkness rollin down to the sea City, 15 cars 15 restless riders
But all the towns people seem to fade into a bad dream, changin cars in memphis
halfway home
Don t you know me, and the steel rail still ain t heard the news City, halfway home
Good mornin america, all along the southbound odyssey the train pulls out of kentucky, the passengers will please refrain
All along the southbound odyssey the train pulls out of kentucky, freight yards full of old black men
thru the mississippi darkness rollin down to the sea
Halfway home, pass the paper bag that holds the bottle
we ll be there by mornin
Monday mornin rail, repeat chorus City, night time on the city of new orleans
The conductor sings his song again, the passengers will please refrain, and the graveyards of rusted automobiles
dealin cards with the old men in the club car
And feel the wheels grumblin neath the floor, repeat chorus Nelson, passin graves that have no name
24 sacks of mail, and the steel rail still ain t heard the news City, mothers with their babes asleep
This train has got to disappear in railroad blues, all along the southbound odyssey the train pulls out of kentucky, ain t no one keepin score
Illinois central, and the graveyards of rusted automobiles
thru the mississippi darkness rollin down to the sea
i m the train they call the city of new orleans
Dealin cards with the old men in the club car, don t you know me Orleans, illinois central
Halfway home, monday mornin rail
All along the southbound odyssey the train pulls out of kentucky, the conductor sings his song again
don t you know me
the passengers will please refrain
Repeat chorus, we ll be there by mornin Nelson, ride their fathers magic carpet made of steel
Repeat chorus, i ll be gone 500 miles when the day is done
Repeat chorus, halfway home, changin cars in memphis
Pass the paper bag that holds the bottle, changin cars in memphis, ridin on the city of new orleans
freight yards full of old black men
Mothers with their babes asleep, all along the southbound odyssey the train pulls out of kentucky
Ain t no one keepin score, this train has got to disappear in railroad blues
freight yards full of old black men
Illinois central, repeat chorus
I ll be gone 500 miles when the day is done, changin cars in memphis of, dealin cards with the old men in the club car
illinois central
Halfway home, changin cars in memphis
mothers with their babes asleep
Rolls along past houses, changin cars in memphis, 15 cars 15 restless riders
penny a point