L. A. proved too much for the man
So he's leavin' the life he's come to know
He said he's goin' back to find 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 to 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' that someday he'd be a star
But he sho' found out the hard way
That dreams don't always come true

So he's pawned all his hopes
And he even sold his old car
Bought a one-way ticket back to the life he once knew

Oh, he's said he's leavin' on that midnight train to Georgia
Said he's goin' back to find to a simpler place and time
He's leavin' on that midnight train to Georgia
I'd rather live in his world than live without him in mine

All aboard, all aboard, all aboard
I got to go, I got to go, I got to go
He's leavin' on that midnight train to Georgia
I'd rather live in his world than live without him in mine