I was standin' at the station,
ten to midnight in the rain
I was mindin' my own bus'ness,
waiting for that midnight trainNobody in sight, starin' at my shoes,
I took out my paper to find me some good news
Mindin' my own bus'ness,
when the ticket man calls my name
Yeah, yeah, babeThere ain't no midnight train
There ain't no midnight train
There ain't no midnight train
Comin' down the lineSo I say, "If it ain't too much trouble,
when's the local out of town?"
His reply: "Two a.m."
If I'm leavin' local-boundI can catch it in forty minutes,if I want to grab the express
But the local trains are hard to come by,
this time of night, more or less
Listen, saidThere ain't no midnight train
There ain't no midnight train
There ain't no midnight train
Comin' down the lineSo I stood for forty minutes,
it was raining and it was cold
When the express rolled down the track,
I did not care where it was gonna go
Yeah, yeahHe said
There ain't no midnight train
There ain't no midnight train
There ain't no midnight train
Comin' down the line