He kept dreamin' dreamin' ooh, that someday he'd be the star superstar, but he didn't get far but he sure found out the hard way that dreams don't always come true dreams don't always come true oh, no uh-uh, no uh-uh, no oh, he's leavin' leavin' on that midnight train to Georgia leavin' on a midnight train mm-hmm, yeah said he's going back to find going back to find ooh, a simpler place and time when he takes that ride oh, yes he is guess who's gonna be right by his side I'm gonna be with him I know you will on that midnight train to Georgia leavin' on a midnight train oh to Georgia whoo-whoo I'd rather live in his world live in his world than live without him in mine world, world is his his world my world, mine and his alone his and hers alone I've got to go world is his I've got to go I've got to go his and hers alone