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,
And 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.
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
Be leavin
On that midnight train to Georgia,
And 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.
Go, gonna board, gonna board,
Gonna board the midnight train.
Gotta go, gonna board
Gonna board
Gonna board the midnight train
(repeat, fade)
"Midnight Train to Memphis" was written by Chris Stapleton, along with his songwriting partners. The song is featured on Stapleton's debut solo album, "Traveller," released in 2015. Kid Rock has not been involved in writing or performing this particular song.
Kenny Ball & his Jazzmen
Patrick Monohan
Its Midnight was sung by Elvis Presley and was written by Bill Edd Wheeler and Jerry Chestnut .
Tom Waits
Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre wrote Freedom at Midnight
Sidney Sheldon wrote The Other Side of Midnight.
CHARLIE MIDNIGHT GIVE THE MUSIC AND WROTE THE LYRICS OF WHY NOT
Chuck & Greg Day
Rachel Caine
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote the poem "Paul Revere's Ride" about the midnight ride of Paul Revere.
Josh Turner wrote the song "Long Black Train".
Kenny Ball & his Jazzmen
Stephenie Meyer
Betsy Byars wrote the children's novel "The Midnight Fox".
Patrick Monohan
not me