Midnight Rain
by Jon Tiven / Roger Reale 
recording 1998 
from 
Heavy Love (Silertone/Jive 41632) 
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