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Song Lyrics

Ridin` on the City of New Orleans
Illinois Central, Monday mornin` rail
15 cars & 15 restless riders
Three conductors, (( 24 )) sacks of mail

All along the southbound odyssey the train pulls out of (( Kanknkee ))
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

Repeat Chorus

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 disappearing )) railroad blues

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Release History

The Johnny Cash song "City of New Orleans" appears on the following albums:
A Boy Named Sue
2004

A Boy Named Sue
2001

Anthology
2001

Bootleg, Volume 3: Live Around the World
07 October 2011

Feel the Groove
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Johnny Cash
2001

Johnny Cash
2001

Live and on the Air
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Ring Of Fire
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Ring Of Fire

  1. Ring of Fire (2:47)
  2. Big River (2:29)
  3. City of New Orleans (3:35)
  4. Sunday Morning Coming Down (3:56)
  5. A Boy Named Sue (3:34)
  6. Peace in the Valley (2:48)
  7. The Wall (1:49)
  8. Sixteen Tons (2:39)
  9. Get Rhythm (2:17)
Ring Of Fire
1999

Ring of Fire
25 May 1999

The Best Of Johnny Cash
22 September 2008

The Legend Lives On
2004


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