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