Midnight Train

Train whistle echoes in the darkness
Carried on the west wind
Blowing from the mountains
Blowing across wide prairie lands

Midnight train calls out to me
Calls with a voice of freedom
Calls me to break my chains
Calls me to a different purpose
Calls me to a different living

Train whistle echoes in the darkness
And fills my heart with longing
Train whistle echoes in the darkness
And fills my soul with needing
Train whistle echoes in the darkness
A wild, mournful pleading

Midnight train calls out to me
And promises me my freedom
Midnight train calls out to me
Reminding me that I am captive
Captive to the sameness
Captive to my life of boredom
Captive to my wasteful wanting

Train whistle echoes in the darkness
Whispers a seductive promise
Train whistle beckons to me
From somewhere in the distance
It asks me to leave behind
My wife, my job, my children
It asks me to give up my possessions
And to follow blindly

Midnight train goes ever onwards
And I lie in silence waiting
Waiting for the morning light
Waiting for tomorrow’s burdens
Waiting for tomorrow’s love
Waiting for tomorrow’s laughter

Train whistle echoes in the darkness
Carried on the west wind
Blowing from the mountains
Blowing across wide prairie lands

Midnight train calls out to me
Calls with a voice of freedom
Calls me to break my chains
Calls me to a different purpose
Calls me to a different living
Calls to me of adventure