I found him by the railroad track this morning I could see that he was nearly dead I knelt down beside him and I listened Just to hear the words the dying fellow said He said they let me out of prison down in Frisco For ten long years I've paid for what I've done I was trying to get back to Louisiana To see my Rose and get to know my son Give my love to Rose please won't you mister Take her all my money, tell her to buy some pretty clothes Tell my boy his daddy's so proud of him And don't forget to give my love to Rose A-Won't you tell 'em I said thanks for waiting for me Tell my boy to help his mom at home Tell my Rose to try to find another Cause it ain't right that she should live alone Hey Mister here's a bag with all my money It won't last them long the way it goes God bless you for finding me this morning Now don't forget to give my love to Rose Give my love to Rose please won't you mister Take her all my money, tell her to buy some pretty clothes Tell my boy his daddy's so proud of him Now don't forget to give my love to Rose

At my door the leaves are falling A cold wild wind has come Sweethearts walk by together And I still miss someone I go out on a party And look for a little fun But I find a darkened corner And I still miss someone No I never got over those blues eyes I see them everywhere I miss those arms that held me When all the love was there I wonder if she's sorry For leavin' what we had begun There's someone for me somewhere And I still miss someone

Well, I woke up Sunday morning With no way to hold my head that didn't hurt And the beer I had for breakfast it wasn't bad So I had one more for dessert Then I fumbled in my closet through my clothes And found my cleanest dirty shirt Then I washed my face and combed my hair And stumbled down the stairs to meet the day Then I smoked my mind the night before With cigarettes and songs that I'd been picking But I lit my first and watched a small kid playing With a can that he was kicking And then I walked across the street & caught The Sunday smell of someone frying chicken Oh Lord it took me back to something That I'd lost somewhere, somehow along the way On a Sunday morning sidewalk I'm wishing, Lord, that I was stoned 'Cause there's something in a Sunday That makes the body feel alone And there is nothing short of dying That's half as lonesome as the sound Of the sleeping city sidewalk And Sunday morning coming down In the park I saw a daddy With a laughing little girl that he was swinging And I stopped beside a Sunday school and listened To the songs that they were singing Then I headed down the street, and somewhere far away A lonely bell was ringing And it echoed through the canyon Like the disappearing dreams of yesterday On a Sunday morning sidewalk I'm wishing, Lord, that I was stoned 'Cause there's something in a Sunday That makes the body feel alone And there is nothing short of dying That's half as lonesome as the sound Of the sleeping city sidewalk And Sunday morning coming down Well I woke up Sunday morning With no way to hold my head that didn't hurt

Now I taught the weeping willow how to cry And I showed the clouds how to cover Up a clear blue sky And the tears that I cried for that woman Are gonna flood you Big River Then I'm a-gonna sit right here until I die I met her accidentally in St. Paul, Minnesota And it tore me up every time I heard her drawl, southern drawl Then I heard my dream was back downstream Cavortin' in Davenport Then I followed you, Big River, when you called [guitar] Then you took me to St. Louis later on, bound the river A freighter said she's been here But then she's gone, man she's gone I found her trail in Memphis But she just walked up the block She raised a few eyebrows and then she went on down alone Now won't ya batter down by BatonRouge, RiverQueen roll it on Take that woman on down To New Orleans, New Orleans Go on I've had enough Dump my blues down in the gulf She loves you, Big River, more than me [guitar] Now that I taught the weeping willow how to cry, cry, cry And I showed the clouds how to cover Up a clear blue sky And the tears that I cried for that woman Are gonna flood you Big River Then I'm gonna sit right here until I die Then I'm gonna sit right here until I die

Ridin' on the City of New Orleans Illinois Central, Monday mornin' rail Fifteen cars & fifteen restless riders Three conductors and twentyfour sacks of mail All along the southbound odyssey The train rolls out of Kankakee And moves along past houses, farms & fields Passin' trains that have no name And switch yards full of old black men And the graveyards full of rusted automobiles Good mornin' America, how are you? Say don't you know me? I'm your native son! I'm a train they call the City of New Orleans I'll be done 500 miles when the day is done Dealin' cards games with the old men on the club car Penny a point, ain't nobody keepin' score Hey now pass the paper bag that holds the bottle And feel the wheels around a-rumblin' beneath the floor And the sons of Pullman porters And the sons of engineers Make their daddys' magic carpet made of steel Mothers with their babes asleep A-rockin' to the gentle gyp And the rhythm of the rails is all they feel Good mornin' America, how are you? Say don't you know me? I'm your native son! I'm a train they call the City of New Orleans I'll be gone 500 miles when the day is done It's night time on the City of New Orleans Changin' cars in Memphis, Tennessee Halfway home, we'll be there by the mornin' Thru the Mississippi darkness rollin' down to the sea And the towns and all the people seem To fade into a bad bad dream And the steel rail still ain't heard the news The conductor sings his song again The passengers will please refrain: "This train has got the disappearin' railroad blues" Good mornin' America, how are you? Say don't you know me? I'm your native son! I'm a train they call the City of New Orleans I'll be gone 500 miles when the day is done I'll be gone 500 miles when the day is done I'll be gone 500 miles when the day is done

I was totin' my pack along the dusty Winnemucca road When along came a semi with a high canvas-covered load "If you're goin' to Winnemucca Mack, with me you can ride" And so I climbed into the cab and then I settled down inside He asked me if I'd seen a road with so much dust and sand And I said, "Listen bud, I've traveled every road in this here land!" I've been everywhere, man I've been everywhere, man Crossed the desert's bare, man I've breathed the mountain air, man I've traveled I've had my share, man I've been everywhere I've been to: Reno, Chicago, Fargo, Minnesota Buffalo, Toronto, Winslow, Sarasota Wichita, Tulsa, Ottawa, Oklahoma Tampa, Panama, Mattawa, La Paloma Bangor, Baltimore, Salvador, Amarillo Tocapillo, Pocotello, Amperdillo, I'm a killer I've been everywhere, man I've been everywhere, man I've crossed the desert's bare, man I've breathed the mountain air, man I've traveled I've had my share, man I've been everywhere I've been to: Boston, Charleston, Dayton, Louisiana Washington, Houston, Kingston, Texarkana Monterey, Fairaday, Santa Fe, Tallapoussa Glen Rock, Black Rock, Little Rock, Oskaloussa Tennessee, Tinnesay, Chickapee, Spirit Lake Grand Lake, Devils Lake, Crater Lake, for Pete's sake I've been everywhere, man I've been everywhere, man I've crossed the desert's bare, man I've breathed the mountain air, man I've traveled I've had my share, man I've been everywhere I've been to: Louisville, Nashville, Knoxville, Omerback Shereville, Jacksonville, Waterville, Costa Rock Richfield, Springfield, Bakersfield, Shreveport Hackensack, Cadillac, Fond du Lac, Davenport Idaho, Jellico, Argentina, Diamontina Pasadena, Catalina, see what I mean-a I've been everywhere, man I've been everywhere, man I've crossed the desert's bare, man I've breathed the mountain air, man I've traveled I've had my share, man I've been everywhere I've been to: Pittsburgh, Parkersburg, Gravelbourg, Colorado Ellisburg, Rexburg, Vicksburg, Eldorado Larimore, Adimore, Habastock, Chadanocka Shasta, Nebraska, Alaska, Opalacka Baraboo, Waterloo, Kalamazoo, Kansas City Sioux City, Cedar City, Dodge City, what a pity I've been everywhere, man I've been everywhere, man I've crossed the desert's bare, man I've breathed the mountain air, man I've traveled I've had my share, man I've been everywhere I've been everywhere Then I was totin' my pack along the dusty Winnemucca road When along came a semi with a high canvas-covered load "If you're goin' to Winnemucca Mack, with me you can ride" And so I climbed into the cab and then I settled down inside He asked me if I'd seen a road with so much dust and sand And I said, "Listen bud, I've traveled every road in this here land!"

There you go, you're gone again I should have known, I couldn't win There you go, you're by his side You're gonna break another heart, you're gonna tell another lie Well here I am and there you go, you're gone again I know you're gonna be the way you've always been Breakin' hearts and tellin' lies is all you know Another guy gives you the eye and there you go There you go, you're gone again I should have known, I couldn't win There you go, you're by his side You're gonna break another heart, you're gonna tell another lie Because I love you so, what more should I take? I want you even though I know my heart is gonna break You build me up and for a while I'm all a-glow Then your flicker heart sound sick and there you go There you go, you're gone again I should have known, I couldn't win There you go, you're by his side You're gonna break another heart, you're gonna tell another lie

Well if I live to be a hundred, I know I can't forget the day That I broke your heart you gave me and let you walk away The one they hung my name, in the fools hall of fame Oh baby since we've been apart, I can't control my heart It cries the whole night long Can't I ever make you see this change you've made in me Honey let me tell you I was wrong Oh baby say that you'll forgive me and let me end this misery Cause I know I'll keep on crying till you'll come back to me Don't leave me here in chains in the fools hall of fame Oh baby since we've been apart I can't control my heart It cries and cries the whole night long Oh can I ever make you see this change you made in me Honey let me tell you I was wrong Oh baby say that you'll forgive me and let me end this misery Cause I know I'll keep on crying till you'll come back to me Don't leave me here in chains in the fools hall of fame Don't leave me here in chains in the fools hall of fame Don't leave me here in chains in the fools hall of fame

[intro] I keep a close watch in this heart of mine I keep my eyes wide open all the time I keep the ends out for the tie that binds Because you're mine, I walk the line I find it very very easy to be true I find myself alone when each day is through Yes I'll admit that I'm a fool for you Because you're mine, I walk the line As sure as night is dark and day is light I keep you on my mind both day and night And happiness I've known proves that it's right Because you're mine, I walk the line You've got a way to keep me on your side You give me cause for love that I can't hide For you I know I'd even try to turn the tide Because you're mine, I walk the line I keep my close watch in this heart of mine I keep my eyes wide open all the time I keep the ends out for the tie that binds Because you're mine, I walk the line [outro]

Without love I am half human without love I'm a machine Without love there's nothing doin' I will die without love Without love I am an island All by myself in a heartbreak scene Without love there's no denial I am dying without love For there is nowhere I can run and then there is no hiding place Sticking out like a super thumb by the gloomy look upon my face Without love I'm incomplete without love I am a fool Without love I'm barely on my feet I am dying without love [guitar] For there is nowhere I can run and then there is no hiding place Sticking out like a super thumb by the gloomy look upon my face Without love I'm incomplete without love I am a fool Without love I'm barely on my feet I am dying without love I am dying without love

Now listen here the story about the Rock Island Line Well, the Rock Island Line she runs down into New Orleans There's a big toll-gate down there and you know When you got certain things on board When you go on through the toll-gate Well you don't have to pay no man no toll Well a traindriver he pulled up to the toll-gate And the man hollered nicely that what all said on the board And he said: I got live stock, I got live stock I got cows, I got pigs, I got sheeps, I got mules I got all live stock Well, they said, you're all right boy You don't have to pay no toll You just go right on through, so he went on through the toll-gate And as he went on through then he started Pickin' up a little bit of speed Pickin' up a little bit of steam He got on through and when he turned to look at the halt band He said: Well and I fooled you, I fooled you I got pig iron, I got pig iron, I got all pig iron Down the Rock Island Line, it's a mighty good road Rock Island Line it's the road to ride Rock Island Line it's a mighty good road well If you ride you gotta ride it like you find it Get a ticket at the station for the Rock Island Line Oh, cloudy in the west and it looks like rain Around the curve comes a passenger train The northbound train on the southbound track He's already leaving, but he won't be back Well the Rock Island Line, it's a mighty good road Rock Island Line it is a road to ride Rock Island Line it is a mighty good road well If you ride you gotta ride it like you find it Get a ticket at the station for the Rock Island Line Oh, I may be right and I may be wrong But you're going to miss me when I'm gone Well the engineer said before he died There are two drinks that I'd a-like to try The doctor said, what they could 'em be A hot cup of coffee and a glass of tea Well now the Rock Island Line, it is a mighty good road Rock Island Line it is a road to ride Rock Island Line it is a mighty good road well If you ride you gotta ride it like you find it Get your ticket at the station for the Rock Island Line

I remember when I was a lad Times were hard and things were bad But there's a silver lining behind every cloud Just poor people that's all we were Trying to make a living out of black land dirt We'd get together in a family circle singing loud Daddy sang bass, Mama sang tenor Me and little brother would join right in there Cause singing seems to help a troubled soul One of these days and it won't be long I'll rejoin them in a song I'm gonna join the family circle at the Throne Oh no the circle won't be broken By and by Lord, by and by Daddy sang bass, Mama sang tenor Me and little brother would join right in there In the sky, Lord, in the sky In the sky, Lord, in the sky Now I remember after work Mama would call in all of us You can hear it singing for a country mile Now little brother has done gone old And I'll rejoin 'em in a song We'll get together in a canned up yonder in a little while Daddy sang bass, Mama sang tenor Me and little brother would join right in there Cause singing seems to help a troubled soul One of these days and it won't be long I'll rejoin them in a song I'm gonna join the family circle at the Throne Oh no the circle won't be broken By and by Lord, by and by Daddy sang bass, Mama sang tenor Me and little brother would join right in there In the sky, Lord, in the sky In the sky, Lord, in the sky In the sky, Lord, in the sky