"MIDNIGHT RAILROAD"

Words and Music by:
JOHN ROBERT MALLERNEE
Monday 15 July 1991

VERSE # 1:
Middle aged, unemployed,
And alone.
Boyhood dreams, romantic schemes
Long since gone.
No one cares if I live or I die.
Midnight railroad whistle's wailing
"One more try".

CHORUS:
So, I'm going back to Utah
Where some folks still love me.
Going back to Utah
Where air is fresh and free.
Haunted by my failure's
Lonely pain,
I'm Westward bound
Upon a midnight train.

VERSE # 2:
Yes, I live without purpose
In my life.
I'm still hurt by the woman,
Once my wife.
So, I strum my guitar
And sing this song,
Midnight railroad headed back
Where I belong.

VERSE # 3:
I was young and good looking
Yesterday.
I stood tall, knew it all,
Had my way.
I loved girls and fought wars
For what's right.
Midnight railroad, help me find
That shining light.

CONCLUDE:
So, I'm going back to Utah
Where some folks still love me.
Going back to Utah
Where air is fresh and free.
A future burning deep
Within my brain,
I'm Westward bound
Upon a midnight train.

Out to where the mountains
Reach up into the sky,
Where cougars prowl
And coyotes howl
And golden eagles fly,
Where Mormon families frolic
In the snow
In the wilderness
Of Ute and Navajo.