L.A. proved too much for the man He couldn't make it So he's leavin' the life he's come to know He said he's goin' He said he's goin' back to find What's left of his world The world he left behind Not so long ago He's leavin' On that midnight train to Georgia He said he's goin' back To a simpler place in time Oh yes he is Now 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 found all his hopes And even sold his old car For the one way ticket back To the life he once knew Oh yes he did He said he would Oh he's leavin' On that midnight train to Georgia He said he's goin' back to find A simpler place in time Now 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's leavin' On that midnight train to Georgia He said he's goin' back to find A simpler place in time Now 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 Gonna board the midnight train and go My world, his world Our world, none of his alone I got to go! I got to go! I got to go! I got to go! I got to go! Gonna board the midnight train and go My world, his world My man, his girl I got to go! I got to go! I got to go! My world, his world Our world, his girl