Ooh, LA, proved too much for the girl (Too much for the girl) She couldn't make it (Oooh) So she's leaving her life mmm she's come to know oo yeah She said she's going She said she's going back to find What's left of her world The world she left behind Not so long ago She's leaving On that midnight train to Georgia (Leaving on a midnight train) Said she's goin' back (goin' back to find) To a simpler place in time I'll be with her On that midnight train to Georgia (Leaving on a midnight train) I'd rather live in her world Than live without her in mine (Her world is his, his and her's alone) She kept dreamin' that someday she'd be a star But she sure found out the hard way that dreams don't always come true So she's pawned all her hopes and she even sold her own car Bought a one-way ticket back to the life she once knew Oh yes she did, she said she would She's leavin' on that midnight train to Georgia Said she's goin' back to find a simpler place and time Now I'm gonna be with him on that midnight train to Georgia I'd rather live in her world than live without her in mine (Her world is his, his and her's alone) Oh she's leavin' on the midnight train to Georgia Said she's goin' back to find a simpler place and time I've got to be with her on that midnight train to Georgia I'd rather live in her world than live without her in mine (Her world is his, his and her's alone) For the love, All aboard, Midnight train to go For the love, all aboard, gotta board Midnight train to go For the love, All aboard, My world her world I got to go