Oh, midnight flyer

Engineer won't you let your whistle moan

Oh midnight flyer

I've paid my dues and I feel like travelin' on.



A runaway team of wild horses

Ain't enough to make me stay

So throw your rope on another woman

And pull him down your way.



Make him into someone

To take the place of me

Make him every kind of fool

You wanted me to be.



Oh, midnight flyer

Engineer won't you let your whistle moan

Oh midnight flyer

I've paid my dues and I feel like travelin' on.



--- Instrumental ---



Maybe I'll stop in Santa Fe

Maybe San Antone

Any town is where I'm bound

Anyway to get me gone.



Don't think about me

Never let me cross your mind

'Cept when you hear that

Midnight lonesome whistle whine.



Oh, midnight flyer

Engineer won't you let your whistle moan

Oh midnight flyer

I've paid my dues and I feel like travelin' on.



Travelin' on...