City of New Orleans Ridin' on the City of New Orleans Illinois Central, Monday mornin' rail 15 cars & 15 restless riders Three conductors, 25 sacks of mail All along the southbound odyssey the train pulls out of Kankakee Rolls along past houses, farm
Sail with me into the unknown void That has no end Swept along the open road That don't seem to begin I may be back again Meantime I'll keep sailing down This highway in the wind Evenings just begin the days And follows with the night To love you and
Victor Jara words by Adrian Mitchell, music by Arlo Guthrie Victor Jara of Chile Lived like a shooting star He fought for the people of Chile With his songs and his guitar His hands were gentle, his hands were strong Victor Jara was a peasant He work
I saw the splendor of the moonlight On Honolulu Bay There's something tender in the moonlight On Honolulu Bay And all the beaches are filled with peaches Who bring their ukes along And in the glimmer of the moonlight They love to sing this song 1: If
words and Music by Arlo Guthrie Too many women growing up wrong Get an education thinking thoughts on their own Making decisions telling men what to do Look at the trouble that we're all going through Russian girls could save the world Here in Americ
Woke up this morning with my head in my hand The snow was falling all over the land I don't know but I've been told That the streets of heaven have all been sold [Chorus] Jesus gonna make you well Go to where a man can dwell To remind me well that it
You said you didn't know That the cats with the birds were there And you never go along with that kind of stuff no where But that just isn't the point man That's the wrong wrong way to go If you didn't know about that one, well then what else don't y
It's the tenth of January and I still ain't had no sleep She comes waltzing in the nighttime, made of wings She is dressed up like a bandit with a hundred sparkling rings Looking for my company to keep Coming closer to me, she doesn't say a word In t
I remember now the time you left You thought to say farewell But for how long you would be gone There was no way to tell You just set out upon your road It caused you lots of grief And took you many places that You came to, for to leave [CHORUS:] Alo