When you good nights have been said 

And you are lying in bed 

With the covers pulled up tight 

And though you count every sheep 

You get the feeling that sleep 

Is going to stay away tonight. 

That's when you hear it coming 

That is when you hear the humming of the 

Starlight Express, Starlight Express, 

Are you real, yes or no? 

Starlight Express, answer me yes. 

I don't want you to go. 

Want you to take me away 

But bring me home before daylight 

And in the time between 

Take me to everywhere 

But don't abandon me there 

Just want to say I've been. 

I believe in you completely 

Though I may be dreaming sweetly of the 

Starlight Express, answer me yes. 

I don't want you to go. 

And if you're there 

And if you know 

Then show me which way 

I should go. 

Starlight Express, Starlight Express, 

Are you real, yes or no? 

Starlight Express, answer me yes. 

I don't want you to go.