歌词
Ridin' on the City of New Orleans
穿行在新奥尔良的市区
Illinois Central, Monday mornin' rail
搭乘伊利诺伊中心，周一早晨的列车
There are fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders
十五辆汽车，十五个不知疲倦的骑手
Three conductors and twenty-five sacks of mail
三个售票员和二十五袋邮件
Out on the southbound odyssey, the train pulls out of Kankakee
在南下漫长的旅程中，火车驶出坎卡基
Rolls past houses and farms and fields
它驶过房屋、农场和田野
Passin' times that have no names and freight yards full of old, black men
走过没有名字的的时代，途径满是年老黑人的货场
The graveyards of the rusted automobiles
还有生锈了的汽车的墓地
Singin', good mornin' America, how are you?
唱着“早上好，美利坚！你好吗？”
Singin'don't you know me? I'm your native son “
你不认识我了吗？我是你土生土长的孩子啊！”
Yes,I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans
我是被人们称为“新奥尔良市”的火车
And I'll be gone five hundred miles when day is done
一天下来要走过五百英里
And I was dealin' cards with the old men in the club car
我和老人们在俱乐部的车里打牌
And it's penny a point, there ain't nobody keepin' score?
认真仔细地思考，就没人能一直得分了吗？
Won't you pass that paper bag that holds that bottle
把装瓶子的纸袋递给我
You can feel the wheels grumblin' through the floor
你能感觉到轮子在地板下发出响声
And the sons of Pullman porters, the sons of engineers
普尔曼搬运工的儿子和工程师的儿子
They ride their fathers' magic carpet made of steel
骑上他们爸爸用钢铁打造的魔毯
Man mothers with their babes asleep, go rockin' to the gentle beat
母亲和她们的孩子一起入睡，随着轻柔的节拍摇摆
The rhythm of the rails is all they dream
铁轨的节奏占据了他们的梦
Just singin', good mornin', America, how are you?
就唱歌吧，唱着“早上好，美利坚，你好吗?”
Singin'don't you know me? I'm your native son“
你不认识我了吗？我是你土生土长的孩子啊！”
And I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans
我是被人们称为“新奥尔良市”的火车
I'll be gone five hundred miles when day is done
一天下来要走过五百英里
Night time on the City of New Orleans
这是新奥尔良市的夜晚
Changin' cars in Memphis Tennessee
我们在田纳西的孟菲斯换车
It's halfway home, we'll be there by mornin'
回家的路走了一半，我们会在破晓前到家
Through the Mississippi darkness rollin' to the sea
穿过密西西比的夜幕，向大海漫游
All the towns and people seem to fade into a bad dream
所有城镇和人们似乎都坠入噩梦中
The old steel rails still ain't heard the news
铁轨上的人们还未读到新闻
The conductor sings that song again, its passengers will please refrain
列车员请再唱一遍那首歌，乘客们请不要跟随
This train gots the disappearin' railroad blues
这列火车沐浴在即将消逝的铁路蓝调中
Singin', good night, America, how are you?
唱着“晚安，美利坚，你好吗？”
Singin' don't you know me? I'm your native son“
你不认识我了吗？我是你土生土长的孩子啊！”
And I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans
我是被人们称为“新奥尔良市”的火车
I'll be gone five hundred miles when day is done
一天下来要走过五百英里
Just singin', good night', America, how are you?
就唱歌吧，唱着“晚安，美利坚，你好吗?”
Singin' don't you know me? I'm your native son“
你不认识我了吗？我是你土生土长的孩子啊！”
Well, I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans
我是被人们称为“新奥尔良市”的火车
And I'll be gone a long, long time when day is done
一天要结束的时候，我就会远走，远走
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