I was taking a trip out to L.A
Tooling along in my Chevrolet
Taking on a number and digging on the radio
Just as I crossed the Mississippi line
I heard that highway start to whine
And I knew that left rear tire was about to blow
Alabama’s gotten me so upset
Tennessee made me lose my rest
And everybody knows about Mississippi goddam
I’ve been to,
Reno
Chicago
Fargo
Minnesota
Buffalo
Toronto
Winslow
Sarasota
Wichita
Tulsa
Ottawa
Oklahoma
Tampa
Panama
Mattua
LaPaloma
Bangor
Baltimore
Salvador
Amarillo
Tocapillo
Pocotello
Amperdillo
I’m a Killer
Rosanna’s down in Texarkana
Wanted me to push her broom
Sweet Eileen’s in Abilene
She forgot I hung the moon
And Allison’s in Galveston
Somehow lost her sanity
And Dimple’s who now lives in Temple’s
Got the law looking for me
Oh, Little Rock,
You know this heart of mine just can’t be bought,
I’m gonna find someone who cares alot,
When I slip off this Little Rock…
A B C D E F G H, I got a gal in Kalamazoo,
Don’t want to boast but I know she’s the toast of Kalamazoo,
Zoo, zoo, zoo, zoo, zoo.
Years have gone by, my my how she grew,
I liked her looks when I carried her books in Kalamazoo,
Zoo, zoo, zoo, zoo, zoo.
Now you go through St. Louis
Joplin, Missouri
And Oklahoma City looks mighty pretty
You see Amarillo
Gallup, New Mexico
Flagstaff, Arizona
Don’t forget Winona
Kingman, Barstow, San Bernandino
Won’t you get hip to this timely tip
When you make that California trip
Get your kicks on Route 66
And don’t it seem like
Kicks just keep gettin’ harder to find
And all your kicks ain’t bringin’ you peace of mind
Before you find out it’s too late, girl
You better get straight
Got a good reason
For taking the easy way out
Got a good reason
For taking the easy way out now
She was a day tripper
One way ticket, yeah
It took me so long to find out
And I found out
I’m gonna buy me a one-way ticket
Nothing’s gonna hold me back
Your love’s like a slow train coming
And I feel it coming down the track
When the going gets tough
The tough get going
I’m the train they call the city of New Orleans
I’ll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done
I said, train kept a-rollin’ all night long
Train kept a-rollin’ all night long
Train kept a-rollin’ all night long
Train kept a-rollin’ all night long
With a “heave!”, and a “ho!”
But I just couldn’t tell her so, no, no, no
Well the Illinois Central
And the Southern Central Freight
Got to keep on pushin’ mama
You know they’re running late
The next stop that we make will be soon
Tell all the folks in Russia, and China, too
Don’t you know that it’s time to get on board
And let this train keep on riding, riding on through
Well, well
People all over the world (you don’t need no money)
Join hands (come on)
Start a love train, love train (don’t need no ticket, come on)
Hands across the water, water,
Heads across the sky…
I am the eye in the sky
Looking at you
I can read your mind
I am the maker of rules
Dealing with fools
I can cheat you blind
And I don’t need to see any more
To know that
I can read your mind, I can read your mind
So keep on playing those mind games forever
Faith in the future out of the now…
Oh the games people play now,
Every night and every day now,
Never meaning what they say now,
Never saying what they mean.
You have to be trusted by the people that you lie to
So that when they turn their backs on you,
You’ll get the chance to put the knife in
I’ve got a black magic woman
Got me so blind I can’t see
That she’s a black magic woman
She’s tryin’ to make a devil out of me
Don’t turn your back on me, baby
Don’t turn your back on me, baby