Midnight Train (with Buddy Guy) Lyrics

I was standin' at the station
Ten to midnight in the rain
I was mindin' my own business
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 business
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