Ridin' on the City of New Orleans 在新奥尔良市坐车

Illinois Central, Monday mornin' rail 伊利诺伊州中部，星期一早上，轨

15 cars and 15 restless riders 15辆和15坐立不安车手

Three conductors, 25 sacks of mail 三根导线，邮件25袋

   

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

Rolls along past houses, farms and fields 沿着过去的房子，农场和牧场劳斯莱斯

Passin' graves that have no name, freight yards full of old black men Passin的坟墓有没有名字，货场充满了老黑的男人

And the graveyards of rusted automobiles 的生锈的汽车和墓地

   

Good mornin' America, how are you? 早上好“美国，你怎么样？

Don't you know me? I'm your native son! 难道你不知道我？我是你的原生的儿子！

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

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

   

Dealin' cards with the old men in the club car 戏份“卡的老年人，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 the paper bag that holds the bottle 通过纸袋保存瓶

And feel the wheels grumblin' neath the floor 和感觉车轮grumblin照耀下的地板上

   

And the sons of Pullman porters and the sons of engineers 和普尔曼搬运工的儿子和工程师的儿子

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

Mothers with their babes asleep, rockin' to the 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 mornin' America, how are you? 早上好“美国，你怎么样？

Don't you know me? I'm your native son! 难道你不知道我？我是你的原生的儿子！

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

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

   

Night time on the City of New Orleans 晚上的时间在新奥尔良市

Changin' cars in Memphis, Tennessee 了变化“车在田纳西州孟菲斯

Halfway home, we'll be there by mornin' 半路回家，我们将在那里被清晨

Thru the Mississippi darkness rollin' down to the sea 直通密西西比河黑暗罗林下到海

   

But all the towns & people seem to fade into a bad dream 但是，所有的城镇和人似乎淡出人们一场噩梦

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

The conductor sings his song again 售票员又唱他的歌

"The passengers will please refrain: “乘客将请副歌：

This train has got the disappearin railroad blues 这列火车已经拿到了disappearin铁路蓝调

   

[Repeat Chorus] [重复合唱]