Midnight Train

I was standin' at the station,
 ten to midnight in the rain
 I was mindin' my own bus'ness,
 waiting for that midnight train
 Nobody in sight, starin' at my shoes,
 I took out my paper to find me some good news
 Mindin' my own bus'ness,
 when the ticket man calls my name
 Yeah, yeah, babe
 There ain't no midnight train
 There ain't no midnight train
 There ain't no midnight train
 Comin' down the line
 So I say, "If it ain't too much trouble,
 when's the local out of town?"
 His reply: "Two a.m."
 If I'm leavin' local-bound
 I can catch it in forty minutes,
 if I want to grab the express
 But the local trains are hard to come by,
 this time of night, more or less
 Listen, said
 There ain't no midnight train
 There ain't no midnight train
 There ain't no midnight train
 Comin' down the line
 So I stood for forty minutes,
 it was raining and it was cold
 When the express rolled down the track,
 I did not care where it was gonna go
 Yeah, yeah
 He said
 There ain't no midnight train
 There ain't no midnight train
 There ain't no midnight train
 Comin' down the line