Sting - Twenty Five to Midnight lyrics

Train I ride, don't be slow If your whistle can blow Fifteen miles down the track Tell them I'm coming back Counting poles, counting sheep Don't be slow, I won't weep If your wheels on the line Were to put me on time Just a year to the day Since I went upon my way To seek my fortune and fame Be a star, change my name And that's it more or less Till this midnight express I know I can't be late 'Cause she said she won't wait She'll just go marry Jack So there's no turning back And it's twenty-five to midnight And fifteen miles of track Band I had got a break Just one chance we had to take Told my girl I'd be back Left her with my friend Jack New York City for a spell Things didn't turn out so well Every dive that we played We were lucky we got paid Mister train driver please If your speed you increase Every cent I have now Will be yours this I vow And that's it more or less Till this midnight express I know I can't be late 'Cause she said she won't wait She'll just go marry Jack So there's no turning back And it's twenty-five to midnight And fifteen miles of track We called ourselves the Latino Lovers Hawaiian shirts and top-forty covers I didn't think I could sink this low When d** and booze ate all my dough This isn't how it was meant to be There's no such thing as a meal that's free If I was ever to get out alive I have to get home on time Train I ride don't be slow If your whistle can blow Fifteen miles down the track Tell them I'm coming back And that's it more or less Till this midnight express I know I can't be late 'Cause she said she won't wait She'll just go marry Jack So there's no turning back And it's twenty-five to midnight And fifteen miles of track And it's twenty-five to midnight And fifteen miles of track