MIDNIGHT RAIL
WRITTEN BY STEVE YOUNG
©1987 BY STARRY PYRAMID MUSIC, B.M.I.

WELL I AM A MIDNIGHT RIDER,
I RIDE A MIDNIGHT RAIL,
AND I’VE SEEN A GLIMPSE OF HEAVEN
AND AT LEAST HALF OF HELL....
FOR I RODE YOUR ROADS FOR MONEY
AND VAIN DREAMS OF FAME.....
BUT NOW I SEE ITS ONLY LOVE
THAT’LL MAKE ME PLAY THE GAME.....

SO YOU MIGHT SEE ME SOME DARK MORNING,
COMING ROUND SOME FOGGY BEND,
GAZING AT THE HOUSES,
THE WARM GLOW WITHIN,
FOR I OFTEN WISH I WAS A VILLAGER
WHO GOT UP AT DAWN EACH DAY,
WENT TO WORK FOR HIS CHILDERN.
AND THEN JUST DREW HIS PAY......

BUT I AM A MIDNIGHT RIDER
& I RIDE ON A MIDNIGHT RAIL
AND I’VE SEEN A GLIMPSE OF HEAVEN,
AND AT LEAST HALF OF HELL......

ONCE I HAD A FAMILY,
AW BUT THEY WERE GONE ONEDAY,
NOW MY FAMILY’S IN THE FACES
THAT I MEET UPON THE WAY,
YOU KNOW THERES LIGHTS ALL IN THOSE FACES,
SMI LNG UP AT ME,
BUT ITS THEM THAT HOLD THE MUSIC,
IN THEIR HEARTS THEY HOLD THE KEY.....
ME, I’M JUST A MIDNIGHT RIDER
RIDIN’ ON A MIDNIGHT RAIL
AND I SEE A GLIMPSE OF HEAVEN
AND ABOUT HALF OF HELL....

AND I HOPE I DIE OUT THERE RIDIN’,
SOME LONELY PEACEFUL NIGHT...
THAT THE ANGELS COME DOWN OUTTA HEAVEN....
AND FINALY MAKE MY HEART LIGHT......
AND WE’LL SEND A SONG ASOARING....
OUT THROUGH THE ENDLESS SKIES....
SO ALL THE MIDNIGHT RIDERS KNOW,
THE MUSIC NEVER DIES....
FOR WE’ER ALL JUST MIDNIGHT RIDERS...
RIDIN’ ON A MIDNIGHT RAIL,
WITH LOVE WE’LL SEE MORE OF HEAVEN,
AND A WHOLE LOT LESS OF HELL................