L.A. proved too much for the man So he's leavin' the life that he's come to know He said he's goin' back to find Ohhh what's left of his world The world he left behind not so long ago He's leavin' On that midnight train to Georgia Said he's goin' back to find A simpler place and time I'll be with him On that midnight train to Georgia I'd rather live in his world Than live without him in mine He kept dreamin' Ohhh that someday he'd be a star, But he sure found out the hard way That dreams don't always come true So he pawned all his hopes And he even sold his old car Bought a one way ticket back To the life he used to know Oh yes he did Now now he's leavin' On that midnight train to Georgia He said he's goin' back to find A simpler place and time I'll be with him On that midnight train to Georgia Ohhh I'd rather live in his world Than live without him in mine All aboard on a midnight train to Georgia I gotta be with him on a midnight train to Georgia On a midnight train said I gotta be with him Ohhh I gotta be with him on a midnight train to Georgia I gotta go, I gotta go, I gotta go to a midnight train to Georgia On a midnight train to Georgia