…Ridin′ on the City of New Orleans Illinois Central, Monday mornin' rail 15 cars and 15 restless riders Three conductors, 25 sacks of mail All along the southbound odyssey the train pulls out of Kankakee Rolls along…

…you smile less Here's to the pain The light of the oncoming train Come on Ode to solitude in chains Here's to the pain As always, heaven in flames Now bleeding Ode to solitude in chains Map the scars of a heart…

…I’m at the station Of imagination Running after your train World frozen but I still move Drifting away from you Running in vain We are one-of-a-kind And our love so divine Might still be there for us to find When I am…

…So many days since I saw your face God knows how many times I've been tryin' not to call you You've been around the world up to the moon Always on the run, so young and restless She was long gone when she was close to…

…me When I need to be understood I am not the one to tell the truth Not the one to tell a lie Is this the heaven I knew or just another hell Hear the storm rising again And I'm just a grain of sand Storm is fading away…