City of New Orleans
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perfect. the song is perfect. the atmosphere is perfect. the singularity and the sobriety is perfect. may be the most sincere version of this song i've ever heard.
god bless shotgun willie. this is the first version i heard and deep down still probably my favorite.
i'm going to be really biased here and not include any other covers---but! a lot of other great artists cover this song so don't let me discourage you from checking their versions out---John Denver, Arlo Guthrie, Jerry Reed---these are songs for the day
but the good versions--the johnny cash and the willie nelson versions--are songs for the night. these are the versions you scream out the window on a midnight drive. the voices of the disappearing railroad blues.
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