[Verse 1]
Smoke curls from the engine's breath, a midnight howl beneath the stars,
Leather boots tap restless skies where dreams and heartache spar.
Steam kisses windowpanes like tears that won’t resign,
Tracks hum a low confession—gone’s the friend, lost the sign.
[Pre-Chorus]
City's asleep but my soul’s wide awake,
Pulling from the past is all I can take.
Footsteps fade where your shadow once grew,
But this lonesome ride keeps me tied to you.
[Chorus]
Midnight train, roll on through the dark,
Carry my whispers and my broken heart.
Every mile’s a note in this raw, rugged blues,
Searching these rails for a reason to choose.
Midnight train, don’t slow, don’t stall,
Keep the rhythm and answer my call.
From this lost place, I’m trying to start new,
Underneath the night, singing the midnight train blues.
[Verse 2]
Eyes trace the city’s fading glow, like flames licking dry wood,
Every station is a story left unfinished, misunderstood.
The whistle wails a lonely tune that the cold night swallows whole,
I carry ashes of old promises, grinding toward a distant goal.
[Pre-Chorus]
Wish I could bury the weight on this rail road’s spine,
But these memories knot tight like rusted twine.
Drinking the dark from a chipped tin cup,
Till the dawn comes rough and the pain lets up.
[Chorus]
Midnight train, roll on through the dark,
Carry my whispers and my broken heart.
Every mile’s a note in this raw, rugged blues,
Searching these rails for a reason to choose.
Midnight train, don’t slow, don’t stall,
Keep the rhythm and answer my call.
From this lost place, I’m trying to start new,
Underneath the night, singing the midnight train blues.
[Bridge]
Steel wheels strike chords only a broken man knows,
Flickers of hope in the smoke where the cold wind blows.
Out here, no promises, no easy lines,
Just a man and his shadows chasing borrowed times.
[Chorus]
Midnight train, roll on through the dark,
Carry my whispers and my broken heart.
Every mile’s a note in this raw, rugged blues,
Searching these rails for a reason to choose.
Midnight train, don’t slow, don’t stall,
Keep the rhythm and answer my call.
From this lost place, I’m trying to start new,
Underneath the night, singing the midnight train blues.
[Outro]
And as the dawn cracks cold and slow,
I’m riding this track where the lost souls go.
Midnight train, let the silence be my muse,
Till I find what’s left in these midnight train blues.
