Midnight Train

(Mark Erelli)

I climbed out my bedroom window

Shimmied down the tree

Under cover of the darkness

I crept on down the street

She is waiting for my signal

Hope her daddy doesn't hear

When she scrambles down the trellis

And we just up and disappear

I'll be waiting 'neath a streetlight all alone

Like a dog waits for a bone

Baby please don't let me down

I'm only trying to make you understand

Come on, baby take my hand

Only love and love alone can save us now

CHORUS

Oh Angie, can't you hear that whistle blow

Pack your bags it's time to go

Don't you think it's time we made our getaway

We'll ride the rails 'till morning comes around

Wake up in some other town

Where nobody knows our names

Run away with me and ride the midnight train

We discovered long ago

This town ain't big enough for two

Who refuse to dream in black and white

Like all the others do

I want to see them colors shine

Just like the stories I've been told

I want to follow that old rainbow

'Till we find that pot of gold

Oh Angie, don't you listen

When they tell you I'm insane

They're only trying to keep your heart up on the fence

'Cause the truth is it's the other way around

That's the problem with this town

I'm the only one who's talking any sense

Oh Angie, can't you hear the engine whine

As it rumbles down the line

(CHORUS)

Oh Angie, can't you hear that lonesome sound

Nothing else can stop us now