I have
been all around
my old hometown
I have searched everywhere
I know I can't find any trace
of my girl in this place
So there's nothing to do but go
I'll be ridin' that midnight
train when it's leavin'
and I'm goin' away to stay
Always wanted to know
where that en gine did go,
gonna go where it goes today
Oh, she said she'd be true
till the fighting was through
Said she'd wait for me till the end
But she's proven untrue
and her sweet love is through
So I'm catching the train again
I'll be riding that midnight train
when it's leaving
And I'm going away to stay
Always wanted to know
where that engine did go
Gonna go where it goes today
When she hears this old song,
she will know that she's wrong
Cause I'm leaving my old hometown
Oh, she told me she'd wait
just to be my sweet mate
Then she threw down my
heart to the ground
I'll be ridin' that midnight train
when he's leavin'
And I'm goin' away to stay
Always wanted to know
where that engine did go
Gonna go where it goes
today
I have seen that old train
pullin' out in the rain
Seen it leavin' with stars above
Like a hound on the trail,
it carries the mail
It will take me away from that love
I'll be ridin' that midnight
train when he's leavin'
and I'm goin' away to stay
Always wanted to know
where the engine did go,
gonna go where it goes today