[1] Well I've been all around my [4] old home [1] town
I have searched everywhere I [5] know
But I [1] can't find the trace of my [4] girl in this [1] place
So there's nothing to [5] do but [1] go

I'll be riding that midnight train when I'm leaving
And I'm goin' away to stay
Always wanted to know where this engine did go
Gonna go where it goes today

Oh she said she'd be true 'til the fightin' was through
That she'd wait for me 'til the end
But she's proven untrue and our sweet love is through
So I'm catching that train again

Well I seen that old train pullin' out in the rain
Seen it leave with the stars up above
Like a hound on the trail it carries the mail
It will take me away from that love