L.A. proved too much for the man, 
So he's leavin' the life he's come to know, 
He said he's goin' back to find 
Ooh, what's left of his world, 
The world he left behind 
Not so long ago. 
He's leaving, 
On that midnight train to Georgia, 
Said he's goin' back 
To a simpler place and time. 
And I'll be with him 
On that midnight train to Georgia, 
I'd rather live in his world 
Than live without him in mine. 
He kept dreamin' 
That someday he'd be a star. 
But he sure found out the hard way 
That dreams don't always come true.
Oh no, Uh uh. 
So he pawned all his hopes 
and he even sold his old car 
Bought a one way ticket 
To the life he once knew, 
Oh yes he did, 
He said he would 
He's leavin 
On that midnight train to Georgia, 
Said he's goin' back to find
A simpler place and time. 
And I'm gonna be with him 
On that midnight train to Georgia, 
I'd rather live in his world 
Than live without him in mine. 
He's leavin 
On the midnight train to Georgia, Yeah, Oooh y'all 
Said he's goin' back to find
A simpler place and time. 
And I've got to be with him 
On that midnight train to Georgia, 
I'd rather live in his world 
Than live without him in mine. 
Go, gonna board, gonna board, 
Gonna board the midnight train. 
Gotta go, gonna board 
Gonna board Oh Lord, Gotta board 
Gonna board the midnight train 
I've got to go (etc)
My man, his world, my world, his girl, etc.
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