L.A. proved too much for the man, too much for the man, he couldn't make it. So he's leaving the light, he's come to know, he said he's going, he said he's going back to find, going back to find, what's left of his world, the world he left behind, not so long ago. He's leaving, leaving, on that midnight train to Georgia, leaving on the midnight train, yeah, said he's going back, going back to find, to a simpler place and time, where he makes that Oh yes he is, I'll be with him, on that midnight train to Georgia, I'd rather live in his world, than live without him in mine, that world is his, his and hers alone, he kept dreaming, dreaming, that someday he'd be a star, a superstar, but he didn't get far, but he sure found out the hard way, that dreams don't always come true, oh no, so he found all his hopes, and even sold his old car, for a one-way ticket back to the life he once knew, oh yes he did, he said he would, oh he's leaving, leaving, on that midnight train to Georgia, leaving on that midnight train, yeah, said he's going back to find, going back to find, a simpler place and time, where he makes that right, oh yes he's gonna be right by his side, 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, that world is his, his and hers alone, oh he's leaving, leaving, on that midnight train to Georgia, leaving on that midnight train, yeah, oh yes he's going back to find, going back to find, a simpler place and time, oh yes he's gonna be right by his side, 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, gonna burn, gotta burn, the midnight train to go, for love, gonna burn, the midnight train to go, my world, his world, our world, mine and his alone, mine and his alone, I've got to go, I've got to go, I've got to go, hey, I've got to go, I've got to go, my world, his world, our world, mine and his alone, I've got to go, I've got to go, hey, I've got to go,