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 Riding on the city of New Orleans Illinois Central, Monday morning rail

And go back home when the day is done Well I hope you do Then we'll say goodbye Do you like me? Cause if you like me Then I think I'm gonna to have to like you too We'll share our things And have some fun If you tell me

Oh, I need your love Oh, oh, I need your love I just got to have In the evening When the day is done I'm looking for a woman But the girl don't come So don't let her Play you for a fool

This is what we started Never be, never be us They can't hold us down They'll never be, never be us Remember when we were young Breakin' every rule they made I'll never change what we've done It made us who we are today I'm takin' every chance I get

Seven devils all around you Before the day is done I'll be dead before the day is done Seven devils in your house See I was dead when I woke up this morning Seven devils in my house See they were there when I woke up this morning Holy water cannot help

And which way the wind blows When this day is done Tomorrow is a new day for everyone, Brand new moon, brand new sun So follow, follow the sun, Follow, follow the sun Breathe, breathe in the air Set your intentions Dream with care

Well, cheat on, have your fun But to your own self, the most damage is done When your cheatin' days are over Don't come runnin', don't come runnin' back to me You've hurt my heart a lot of it's true But I'm not angry, I just feel sorry for you So when

Paints a trace of sadness Sweet, sweet is the night When the day is done and there's nowhere to run And the people of the city have all lost and won In your city dress you stand and stare And you smoke another cigarette and comb your hair And the light

Back in the day Things done changed on this side Remember they used to thump but now they blast, right Remember back in the days when niggas had waves Cazal shades and corn braids Pitching pennies, honeys had the high-top jellies Shooting skelly,

Why is it so hard to find someone Who cares about you? Who looks down on you When it's easy enough to find someone Who can keep it together When you've come undone? Every street in this city Is the same to me Everyone's got a place to be