Ridin' on the City of New Orleans Illinois Central Monday morning rail 在新奥尔良市伊利诺伊州中部星期一早上轨坐车

Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders 十五辆和15坐立不安车手

Three conductors and twenty-five sacks of mail 三个导体和25麻袋邮件的

All along the southbound odyssey the train pulls out of Kankakee 一直以来，奥德赛南行列车翻出的坎卡基

And rolls along past houses farms and fields 沿着过去的房子的农场和牧场卷

Passing trains that have no name and graveyards full of old black men 顺便指出，没有名字和墓地充满了古老的黑人男子火车

And graveyards full of rusted automobiles 和墓地充满了生锈的汽车

Good morning America how are you? Say, don't you know me I'm your native son 早安美国你怎么样？比方说，你不知道我，我是你的母语儿子

I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans 我是他们所说的火车新奥尔良市

And I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done 我将离去500英里当一天结束

   

Dealin' cards with an old man in the club car 戏份卡与一个老头在俱乐部的车

Penny a point, ain't no one keepin' score 一分钱一分，是不是没有人坚持让比分

Pass that paper bag that holds the bottle 传递纸袋保存瓶

And feel the wheels a rumbling neath the floor 感觉车轮隆隆尼思地板

And the sons of poor men porters and the sons of engineers 和穷人的儿子搬运工和工程师的儿子

Ride their father's magic carpet made of steel 骑父亲的魔毯由钢

Mothers with their babes asleep rockin' to that gentle beat 母亲与婴孩睡着了摇滚到轻柔的节拍

And the rhythm of the rails is all they feel 与导轨的节奏是所有他们感到

Good morning America... 早安美国...

[guitar] [吉他]

Night time on the City of New Orleans changing cars in Memphis Tennessee 晚上的时间在新奥尔良市的田纳西州孟菲斯改变汽车

Half way home we'll be there by morning 半回家的路上，我们会在那里，到了早晨

Through the Mississippi darkness rolling down to the sea 通过密西西比黑暗滚下到海

And all the towns and people seem to fade into a bad dream 和所有的城镇和人似乎淡出人们一场噩梦

And the steel rails still ain't heard the news 与钢轨仍是没有听说过这个消息

The conductor sings his songs again the passengers will please refrain 售票员唱他的歌再次乘客请不要

This train has got the disappearing railroad blues 这列火车已经拿到了消失的铁路蓝调

Good morning America... 早安美国...