Midnight Train Lyrics - Mark Erelli

(Mark Erelli) 

I climbed out my bedroom window 

Shimmied down the tree 

Under cover of the darkness 

I crept on down the street 

She is waiting for my signal 

Hope her daddy doesn't hear 

When she scrambles down the trellis 

And we just up and disappear 

I'll be waiting 'neath a streetlight all alone 

Like a dog waits for a bone 

Baby please don't let me down 

I'm only trying to make you understand 

Come on, baby take my hand 

Only love and love alone can save us now 

CHORUS 

Oh Angie, can't you hear that whistle blow 

Pack your bags it's time to go 

Don't you think it's time we made our getaway 

We'll ride the rails 'till morning comes around 

Wake up in some other town 

Where nobody knows our names 

Run away with me and ride the midnight train 

We discovered long ago 

This town ain't big enough for two 

Who refuse to dream in black and white 

Like all the others do 

I want to see them colors shine 

Just like the stories I've been told 

I want to follow that old rainbow 

'Till we find that pot of gold 

Oh Angie, don't you listen 

When they tell you I'm insane 

They're only trying to keep your heart up on the fence 

'Cause the truth is it's the other way around 

That's the problem with this town 

I'm the only one who's talking any sense 

Oh Angie, can't you hear the engine whine 

As it rumbles down the line 

(CHORUS) 

Oh Angie, can't you hear that lonesome sound 

Nothing else can stop us now