[Verse 1]
LA
Proves to much for the man (to much for the man)
(He couldn't make it)
So he's leaving a life soon
That he's come to know
He said he's going back to find
What's left of his world
A world he left behind, yes
Not so long ago
[Chorus]
He's leaving (leaving)
On that midnight train to Georgia (leaving on the midnight train)
I gotta go
He said he's going back to find (going back to find)
Ooh, a simple place in time
I've got to be with him
Yes, ooh
On that midnight train to Georgia
Yeah, yeah
I'd rather live in his world
Then live without him in mine
Yeah, ooh
[Verse 2]
He kept dreaming (dreaming)
Ooh, that some day he'd be a star (a superstar)
Yes he did
But he sure found out the hard way
That dreams don't always come true (dreams don't always come true)
Oh no (Uh uh, no no, uh uh)
So he pawned all his hopes
And even so, he looked up
On a one way ticket back
To a life that he once knew
Oh yes he did, he said he would
[Chorus]
He's leaving (leaving)
On that midnight train to Georgia (leaving on the midnight train)
I gotta go
Said he's going back to find (going back to find)
Ooh, a simple place in time
I've got to be with him
Yes, ooh
On that midnight train to Georgia (leaving on the midnight train to Georgia)
Yeah, yeah
I'd rather live in his world
Then live without him in mine
Yeah, yeah, ooh
I've gotta go
I've gotta go
Yes, on that midnight train
I've gotta go
I've gotta go
Yeah, on the midnight train to Georgia
Yes