City of New Orleans (Live at Sportovní hala, Prague, Czech Republic - April 1978)

City of New Orleans (Live at Sportovní hala, Prague, Czech Republic - April 1978) - Johnny Cash

Ridin' on the City of New Orleans

Illinois Central Monday mornin' rail

15 cars & 15 restless riders

Three conductors and 24 sacks of mail

All along the southbound odyssey

The train rolls out of Kankakee

And moves along past houses farms & fields

Passin' trains that have no name

And switch yards full of old black men

And graveyards of rusted automobiles

Good mornin' America how are you

Say don't you know me I'm your native son

I'm a 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 and nobody's keepin' score

Hey now pass paper bag the that holds the bottle

And feel the wheels rumblin' 'neath the floor

And the sons of Pullman porters & the sons of engineers

Ride their daddys' 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

Good mornin' America how are you

Say don't you know me I'm your native son

I'm a train they call the City of New Orleans

I'll be gone 500 miles when the day is done

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

And 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"

Good mornin' America how are you

Say don't you know me I'm your native son

I'm a train they call the City of New Orleans

I'll be gone 500 miles when the day is done

I'll be gone 500 miles when the day is done