City Of New Orleans-The Sheltons

[ti:City Of New Orleans] [ar:The Sheltons] [al:Thank God I'm A Country Boy] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]City Of New Orleans - The Sheltons [00:06.99]Ridin' on the City of New Orleans [00:10.13] [00:13.19]Illinois Central Monday mornin' rail [00:16.42] [00:19.63]Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders [00:22.69] [00:25.89]Three conductors [00:26.57] [00:27.46]And twenty-five sacks of mail [00:29.11] [00:32.05]All along the south-bound odyssey [00:34.29] [00:35.27]The train pulls out at Kankakee [00:37.23] [00:38.80]And rolls along past houses [00:40.29] [00:40.88]Farms and fields [00:41.96] [00:45.23]Passin' trains that have no names [00:47.47] [00:48.23]And freight yards full of old black men [00:51.34]And the grave-yards of [00:53.00]The rusted automobiles [00:53.94] [00:58.08]Good morning America how are you [01:01.48] [01:03.86]Say don't you know me [01:05.34] [01:05.97]I'm your native son [01:07.58] [01:09.64]I'm the train they call [01:11.64] [01:12.27]The City of New Orleans [01:14.07] [01:16.53]And I'll be gone five-hundred miles [01:18.91] [01:19.55]When the day is done [01:20.55] [01:26.50]Dealin' cards with the [01:28.49]Old men in the club car [01:30.34] [01:33.27]Penny a point ain't [01:34.76]No one keepin' score [01:36.17] [01:39.71]Pass the paper bag [01:41.57]That holds the bottle [01:43.09] [01:45.89]Feel the wheels grumbling neath the floor [01:49.17] [01:51.94]And the sons of Pullman porters [01:54.03] [01:54.69]And the sons of engineers [01:56.61] [01:58.10]Ride their father's magic carpet [02:00.89]Made of steel [02:02.31] [02:05.27]Mothers with their babes asleep [02:07.75] [02:08.40]Rockin' to the gentle beat [02:10.67] [02:11.27]And the rhythm of [02:12.40]The rails is all they feel [02:14.67] [02:18.02]Good morning America [02:19.69] [02:20.65]How are you [02:21.56] [02:23.93]Say don't you know me [02:26.03]I'm your native son [02:27.48] [02:29.63]I'm the train they [02:31.39]Call the City of New Orleans [02:34.06] [02:36.75]I'll be gone five-hundred miles [02:38.78] [02:39.60]When the day is done [02:40.67] [03:09.29]Night time on the City of New Orleans [03:12.46] [03:15.52]Changin' cars in Memphis Tennessee [03:18.21] [03:22.03]Halfway home we'll be there by mornin' [03:25.15] [03:28.17]Thru the Mississippi darkness [03:29.43] [03:29.99]Rollin' down to the sea [03:31.58] [03:34.80]But all the towns and people [03:36.92]Seem to fade into a bad dream [03:40.85]And the steel rails [03:42.02] [03:42.67]Still ain't heard the news [03:44.38] [03:47.64]The conductor sings his songs again [03:49.85] [03:50.43]The passengers will please refrain [03:53.60]This train has got [03:54.99]The disappearin' railroad blues [03:57.28] [04:00.48]Goodnight America [04:01.90] [04:03.05]How are you [04:03.78] [04:06.28]Say don't you know me [04:07.91] [04:08.64]I'm your native son [04:09.88] [04:12.03]I'm the train they [04:13.82]Call the City of New Orleans [04:16.63] [04:19.07]I'll be gone five-hundred miles [04:21.19] [04:21.77]When the day is done