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There was a lonesome cowboy, who rode his horse all day, |
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At night he slept in the moonlight, till he heard that midnight |
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train... |
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And then that lonesome cowboy, looked up at the stars in the sky, |
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"I will leave my land and my horses, on that midnight train I will |
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ride, |
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To the city, far across the plains, |
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To that city, on that midnight train, here it comes, |
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Choo choo choo... on that midnight train" |
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And then that lonesome cowboy, stepped into a bar, |
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A pretty girl slid over nice and easy, "Boy your money won't go far." |
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She took him outside to an alley, he got dragged into a fight, |
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And a bullet sent him dying, and he cursed that moonless night |
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In that city, far across the plains, |
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In that city, he could hear that midnight train, down the line; |
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Choo choo choo... he could hear that midnight train |
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And now that lonesome cowboy is lain beneath the clay, |
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His horses they're still waiting, for he is gone away; |
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Now if you think the grass is greener on the far side of the hill |
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All you cowboys, take it easy, there's no grass there at all. |
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In that city, far across the plains, |
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In that city, you'd better miss that midnight train, here it comes |
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Choo choo choo... you'd better miss that midnight train |
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Choo choo choo... that train is coming for you. |
