Get on that soul train
Down there in New Orleans
Goes 'cross the USA
To hear what the people sing

Goes up to DC
Philadelph-I-A
Goes up to Boston
Down to FLA

Get on that soul train
Down there in New Orleans
Goes 'cross the USA
To hear what the people sing

Goes to New York City
Where they do the nitty-gritty
Goes up to Buffalo
Down through Idaho

Get on that soul train
Down there in New Orleans
Goes 'cross the USA
To hear what the people sing

Goes up to Chicago
Detroit too
Spreads to LA
Down to San Francisco Bay

Get on that soul train
Down there in New Orleans
Goes 'cross the USA
To hear what the people sing

(Goin' down to Georgia, Memphis, etc.)