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| 4:47 | 
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Ridin' on the City of New Orleans
Illinois Central, Monday mornin' rail Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders Three conductors and twenty-five sacks of mail All along the south-bound odyssey The train pulls out at Kankakee And rolls along past houses, farms and fields Passin' trains that have no names And freight yards full of old black men And the grave-yards of the rusted automobiles Good morning America, how are you? Say don't you know me, I'm your native son I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans And I'll be gone five-hundred 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 Feel the wheels grumblin' 'neath the floor And the sons of Pullman porters, and the sons of engineers Ride their father's 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 morning America, how are you? Say 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 five-hundred 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 But all the towns and people seem to fade into a bad dream And the steel rails still ain't heard the news The conductor sings his songs again The passengers will please refrain This train has got the disappearin' railroad blues. Goodnight America, how are you? Say 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 five-hundred miles when the day is done |
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| 2. |
| 3:32 |
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Love that runs away from me
Dreams that just won't let me be Blues that keep on botherin' me Chains that just won't set me free Too far away from you and all your charms Just out of reach of my two empty arms Each night in dreams I see your face Memories time can't erase I awake and find you gone I'm so blue and all alone So far away from lips so sweet and warm Just out of reach of my two empty arms That ol' lonesome feelin' all the time I know you'll never be mine Dreams that hurt me in my sleep I mean vows that we just couldn't keep Too far away from you and all your charms Just out of reach of my two empty arms |
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| 2:52 |
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Everybody's gone away said they're moving to LA
There's not a soul I know around everybody's leavin' town Some caught a freight some caught a plane find the sunshine leave the rain They said this town'll waste your time I guess they're right it's wastin' mine Some gotta win some gotta lose good time Charlie's got the blues Good time Charlie's got the blues You know my heart keeps telling me you're not a kid at thirty-three You play around you lose your wife you play too long you lose your life I got my pills to ease the pain can't find a thing to ease the rain I'd love to try and settle down but everybody's leavin' town Some gotta win some gotta lose good time Charlie's got the blues Good time Charlie's got the blues |
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| 2:27 |
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You could have your choice of guys at town why are you pickin' on me
Just snap your fingers and they'll come around why are you pickin' on me I'm well aware of this game you've learned To love and then leave and show no concern And tomorrow you'll have other candles to burn So why are you pickin' on me ( piano - guitar ) You could have your choice... Why are you pickin' on me |
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| 3:26 |
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She's out of my life she's out of my life
And I don't know whether to laugh or cry I don't know whether to live or die And it cuts like a knife she's out of my life It's out of my hands it's out of my hands To think for two years she was here And I took her for granted I was so cavalier Now the way that it stands she's out of my hands I have learned love is not possession and I have learned that love won't wait I have learned love needs expression but I learned it too late She's out of my life she's out of my life Damned indecision and cursed pride Kept my love for her locked deep inside And it cuts like a knife she's out of my life |
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| 3:41 |
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If your sweetheart sends a letter of goodbye
It's no secret you feel better if you cry When waking from a bad dream don't you sometimes think it's real But it's only false emotions that you feel If your heartaches seem to hang around too long And your blues keep gettin' bluer with each song Remember sunshine can be found behind the cloudy sky So let your head down and go on and cry If your heartaches... ( guitar ) |
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| 4:17 |
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Please come to Boston for the spring time
I'm staying here with some friends And they've got lots of room You can sell your paintings on the sidewalk By a cafe where I hope to be working soon Please come to Boston She said, no, would come home to me And she said, ramblin' boy why don't you settle down Boston ain't your kind of town There ain't no gold, and there ain't nobody like me I'm the number one fan of the man from Tennessee Please come to Denver with the snow fall We'll move up into the mountains So far we can't be found And throw I love you echoes down the canyon And then lie awake at night until they come back around Please come to Denver She said, no, would you come home to me And she said, ramblin' boy why don't you settle down Denver ain't your kind of town There ain't no gold, and there ain't nobody like me I'm the number one fan of the man from Tennessee Now, this drifter's world goes 'round and 'round And I doubt it's ever gonna stop But of all the dreams I've lost or found and all that I ain't got I still need to lean to Somebody I can sing to Please come to L. A. and live forever California life alone is just too hard to build I live in a house that looks out over the ocean And there's some stars that fell from the sky Livin' up on the hill Please come to L. A. She just said, no, would you come home to me And she said, ramblin' boy why don't you settle down L. A. ain't your kind of town There ain't no gold, and there ain't nobody like me I'm the number one fan of the man from Tennessee I'm the number one fan of the man from Tennessee |
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| 3:27 |
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In a way I'm glad it's over even though it's gonna hurt me once you're gone
But I can learn to live without you give me time and I can make it on my own Loving you to me came easy and losing you will change my life no doubt In a way I'm glad it's over but another way it turns me inside out In a way I guess it's better altough there's nothing good at goodbye But I know I couldn't hold you Now you found your wings and you need room to fly It's for sure I'm gonna miss you but I guess that's what goodbye is all about In a way I'm glad it's over but another way it turns me inside out On the one hand I know I'll be better off once you're gone But I find a lot of heartaches on the other And I can't say that I look forward to those nights I'll be alone And I wonder if there'll ever be another Loving you to me came easy and losing you will change my life no doubt In a way I'm glad it's over but another way it turns me inside out In a way I'm glad it's over but another way it turns me inside out |
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| 9. |
| 3:47 |
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It must have been cold there in my shadow to never have sunlight on your face
You've been content to let me shine you always walked a step behind I was the one with all the glory while you were the one with all the strength Only a face without a name I never once heard you complain Did you ever know that you're my hero and everything I'd like to be I can fly higher than an eagle but you are the wind beneath my wings It might have appeared to go unnoticed I've got it all here in my heart I want you to know I know the truth I would be nothing without you Did you ever know... You are the wind beneath my wings |
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| 10. |
| 4:08 |
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You're not a dream you're not an angel you're a woman
I'm not a king I'm a man take my hand We'll make a space in the lives that we planned And here we'll stay until it's time for you to go Though we're different we're apart we're not the same We laughed and played at the stars like in a game You could have stayed outside my heart but in you came And here you'll stay until it's time for me to go Don't ask why don't ask how don't ask forever love me now This love of mine had no beginning it has no end I was an oak now I'm a willow now I can bend And though I'll never in my life see you again Still I'll stay until it's time for you to go Don't ask why I'll be don't ask how I'll be don't ask forever I'll be love me now You're not a dream... |
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