Lyrics:
The old man used to dream of the fortune he'd seek
Now he lives in the room where you pay by the week
His hands're all bothered and his pony's gone
Tennessee
Halfway home and we'll be there by morning
Through the Mississippi darkness rolling down to the sea
But all the towns and people seem
To fade
and then?
'Cause I'm coming home again, comin' (ow) home again
I met this girl when I was three years old
And what I loved most she had so much soul
She
of the rails is all they feel
[Chorus]
Night time on the City of New Orleans
Changin' cars in Memphis, Tennessee
Halfway home, we'll be there by mornin'
so ashamed for my uptown friends to see her,
Afraid one day when I was grown that I would be her.
In a college town, away from home, a new
Earl Keen
at the dance hall down in green
he said the party never ends down aggy way
yeah and Dallas has their show with old David Allen Coe
he never
Storm is risin', rain begin to fall.
Storm is risin', rain begin to fall.
Think some poor people, ain't got no home at all.
The dark clouds risin,'
Send this out to all the friends of my little home town up north of here, up on the river:
Slow days of Summer, in this old town,
Sun goes across
masterd (yeah)
David was a bastard (oke)
Step out the stunts with the slow walkin (urh)
Glide by leave you straight no talkin (urh)
It's about were ever I'm
of heaven in a town they both called home, small town Sorrento
And as the time moves on, old Sorrento turned to Rye
He still read the morning paper and bet
the king
On his head an amphetamine crown
He talked about unbuckling that old bible belt
And lighted out for some desert town
Out with the truckers
and Portland west and back along the line
I'm goin' now to a place that's best that old home town of mine
Eight more miles and Louisville will come in to my
for lovin' me
It's so nice to meet an old friend and pass the time of day
And talk about the home town a million miles away
Is the ice still oin
Well, she seemed all right by dawn's early light
Though she looked a little worried and weak
She tried to pretend he wasn't drinkin' again
But
I can settle down
And be doin' just fine
'Till I hear an old freight
Rollin' down the line
Then I hurry straight
Home and pack
And if I didn't go
I
But she missed her old home town (But she missed her old home town)
All the world was at her door
All except the boy next door who worked at the candy
Changing cars in Memphis, Tennessee
Half way home, we'll be there by morning
Through the Mississippi darkness
Rolling down to the sea
But all the towns
I'm headed down a highway got a suitcase by my side
Blue skies hangin' over my head I got five hundred miles to ride
I'm goin' down to Memphis town
to heaven
Now the tale is told
By the old man back home
He reads the letter
How they are paid in gold
Just to babble in the back room
All night
Pointed right at me
I swear I left her by the river
I swear I left her safe and sound
I need to make it to the river
And leave this old Nebraska town
Very old friend
Came by today
As he was telling everyone in town
Of all the love that he'd just found
And Marie's the name (of his latest
She was called a scarlet woman by the people
Who would go to church but left me in the street
With no parents of my own,I never had a home
She was called a scarlet woman by the people
Who would go to church but left me in the street
With no parents of my own,I never had a home
I'm headed down a highway got a suitcase by my side
Blue skies hangin' over my head I got 500 miles to ride
I'm goin' down to Memphis town to play
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