Lyrics:
On a southbound train from the north of France, in a midnight from De Gaulle
A commotion banging in the back of my head, I could not sleep at all
Well lightning struck at midnight with the thunder and the rain
My sleep was interrupted by the rhythm of a train
I asked of the conductor where this
Of a boy who's raised by the railroad line
The sound of a whistle at the crossin' road
And the tanks and the trucks and the tractors on the flatcar load
at midnight
The last thing that I saw
As I lay there on the floor
Was jesus saves painted by an atheist nutter
And a british rail poster read have
We put up our tent on a dark
green knoll, outside of town by
the train tracks and a seagull dump
Topping the bill was Horse Face Ethel
and her
Any way you want it
That's the way you need it
Just a small town girl
livin' in a lonely world
She took the midnight train goin' anywhere
Just a city
have to go to a place
Where nobody has been before
Midnight Train
Is riding across the mountain
As it's running its fate
I'll get on by the rails
Not
Golden Acapulco nights
Then Morocco, and the East
Fly by morning light
We're on the train to Bangkok
Aboard the Thailand Express
We'll hit
Golden Acapulco nights
Then Morocco, and the East
Fly by morning light
We're on the train to Bangkok
Aboard the Thailand Express
We'll hit
Given up on traveling'
It's driving me insane
Riding alone on a midnight train
Now a mind can wonder
And that's far from being free
'Cause when that
Given up on traveling'
It's driving me insane
Riding alone on a midnight train
Now a mind can wonder and that's far from being free
'Cause when that
like the waves on the outer banks
wild like an overtime home team game
wild like a midnight runaway train, stay wild wild like a smokey mountain road
(
I grew up here on Bourbon Street
Playin' for the beer and tips
Livin' by the Poncha Train
Watchin' drunks and sailin' ships
I'm sittin'
Nighttime in the switching yard
Get it out on the mainline
Listen to the rhythm of the train go by
Listen to the train whistle whine
Nighttime
Nighttime in the switching yard
Get it out on the mainline
Listen to the rhythm of the train go by
Listen to the train whistle whine
Nighttime in
(Words and music by Shorty Medlocke)
All on fucking board!
Uh huh!
Well. Train, train
Lord take me on out of this town
Yeah train, train, come
a glide in my stride that's second to none
I'm a lone rangin', one-man committee
Ridin' the train right through the Quad Cities
No time to stop, risin'
If you see a train this evening
Far away, against the sky
Lie down in your woolen blanket
Sleep and let the train go by
Trains have called us, every
[D]riders,
Three con[Bm]ductors, and t[A]wenty five sacks of [D]mail.
We're all [Bm]out on the southbound odyssey,
As the [F#m]train pulls out
the midnight sky
the moon, the desolate sky
and the road
Only the road and what has passed
or is passed by
(What tales do wily bluesman weave
'bout a man
Everybody knows when the summer gets hotter
Everybody goin' on down by the water, chillin'
Nothin' gets rocking 'til the clock says midnight
Catch
Everybody knows when the summer gets hotter
Everybody goin' on down by the water, chillin'
Nothin' gets rocking 'til the clock says midnight
Catch
There's a world less moon watchin' tonight
There's a garden that's left to grow wild
There's a sound with no name
When a far away train
Cries like
as far as far
Train - in flame
Train - in flame
Train in flame is a midnight ride
Where your apprehension sleeps by your side
Til' the morning sun creeps
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