Midnight Train

Midnight Train

My daddy was a gambler 

He gambled with his life 

He didn't give a damn about his wife 

So she left him in the night time 

While hiding from the rain 

I was born on the midnight train 

Grew up a desperado 

Grew hair on my chest 

They said I was the terror of the west 

Well I didn't have no money 

And I didn't have no brain 

So I robbed the midnight train 

Well the sheriff formed a posse, Apaches on my trail 

He said "hey dude, I'll throw you in my jail"

Now I'm sitting here tired 

To ball and chain 

I've been caught on the midnight train 

They made me work the railroad 

For 16 hours a day 

I knew I just had to get away 

(Now) how I pulled it off 

I still can't explain 

But I escaped the midnight train 

Now if you would have been there 

Aboard the midnight train 

He was rumoured to have died or gone insane 

Then somebody be smiling 

No one knew his name 

But he was born on the midnight train