Riding on the City of New Orleans,
Illinois Central, monday morning rail,
fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders,
three conductors, twenty-five sacks of mail.
All along the southbound Odyssey
the train pulls out of Kankakee
and rolls along past houses, farms and fields,
passing trains that have no name
freight yards full of old black men
and the graveyards of the rusted automobiles.

Good morning America, how are ya?
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

a glow on the horizon
so near and yet so far
rich and vivid sunsets
the marker of our time
see the light feel its warmth
see the glow which fills the sky
a light with magic powers
which penetrates my heart
a light which wakes my senses
that sets my thoughts aflame
see the light, feel it's warmth
touch the glow, that fills the mind
is this the twilight of lifetimes gone, before
or is the night now over bringing forth, the dawn...dawn...dawn...dawn...dawn.
as in a raging tempest we hear the thunder cry
we see the trees fall victim
see spears of lightning fly
HEAR ME
dream or reality?
HEAR ME
is someone calling me?
end your bondage new and throw away your chains
no more hesitation, now's the time to change
leave the road you're on for there's a better way
be just what you are and let your spirit free
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
the questions without answers
are written on the wall
the please of spray can poets
who heeds them when they call?
HEAR ME
dream or reality
HEAR ME
is someone calling me?
end your bondage now and throw away your chains
no more hesitation, now's the time to change
leave the road you're on for there's a better way
be just what you are and let your spirit free
follow the light have no fear you won't burn your eyes
follow the light feel it's never ending warmth, it can heal the blind
follow the light have no fear you won't burn your eyes
follow the light it's your future you will realize
follow the light feel it's power feel it in your soul
follow the light it is here, it is there, it is everywhere, everywhere you go

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