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Hank Snow
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Ridin' on the City of New Orleans Illinois Central Monday morning rail
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15 cars and 15 restless riders 3 conductors and 24 sacks of mail
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All along the southbound odyssey the train rolls out of Kankakee
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And moves along past houses farms and fields
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Passin' trains that have no name and switchyards full of old black men
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Of graveyards full of rusted automobiles
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Good mornin' America how are you say don't ya know me I'm your native son
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I'm a train they call the City of New Orleans
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I'll be gone 500 miles when the day is done
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Dealin' cards with an old man on the club car many a point nobody's keepin' score
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Hey now pass that paper bag that holds the bottle
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And feel the wheels a rumblin' neath the floor
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And the sons of poor men porters and the sons of engineers
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Ride their daddy's magic carpet made of steel
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Mothers with their babies asleep rockin' to that gentle beat
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And the rhythm of the rails is all they feel
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Night time on the City of New Orleans changin' cars in Memphis Tennessee
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Half way home and we'll be there by mornin'
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Through the Mississippi darkness rollin' down to the sea
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And all the towns and people seem to fade into a bad dream
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And the steel rails still ain't heard the news
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The conductor sings his song again the passengers will please refrain
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This train's got the disappearin' railroad blues
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