Lyrics to
Midnight Train

This version of Midnight Train was released by The Monkees in 1970.

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Now listen just a minute while I sing this song,
Don’t you worry baby it won’t take long.
I’m just about ready to draw the line,
So don’t be surprised if I leave this time.

Well I’m goin’ north and I’m goin’ south
Don’t want no more of your lyin’ mouth.
I’m hittin’ the road, gonna ring some bells,
Better know I can do it well.

Midnight train, ramblin’ ramblin’
All night long I’m gamblin’, gamblin’
Been losin’ all my money and it really is funny, umm badda dum.
Midnight train, ramblin’ ramblin’
Al night I’m gamblin’, gamblin’
Well tell you what baby, well you better be movin’ on.

Well I really don’t know where I’m goin’ for sure,
Ain’t gotta map, it ain’t no tour.
Just headin’ out to the open sky,
Who knows, might even die.

Well don’t you worry your pretty little head
‘Cause you never gave a dang what I did or said.
That’s why I’m packin’ to leave this place
Can’t stand to look at your cheatin’ face.

Well you treated me like a little boy
And played around like I was a toy.
Guess you thought I’d have the blues,
Look whose cryin’, guess you lose.

It’s about that time, better be movin’ on

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About Lyrics and Midnight Train by The Monkees

The lyrics for Midnight Train are defined as the words making up the song released by The Monkees in 1970. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Midnight Train have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only The Monkees and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Midnight Train by The Monkees if you think through it. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Midnight Train" means the words set to the music of Midnight Train, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Monkees. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Midnight Train and the lyrics to Midnight Train are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Monkees who came here looking just for the lyrics to Midnight Train, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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