Midnight Train Lyrics

My daddy was a gambler He gambled with his life He didn't give a damn about his wife (So) she left him in the night time While hiding from the rain I was born - on the midnight train Grew up a desperado Grew hair on my chest They said I was the terror of the west (Well) I didn't have no money And I didn't have no brain So I robbed - the midnight train Well the sheriff formed a posse, apaches on my trail He said 'hey dude, I'll throw you in my jail!' Now I'm sitting here tied To a ball and chain I've been caught - on the midnight train They made me work the railroad For 16 hours a day I knew I just had to get away (Now) how I pulled it off I still can't explain But I escaped - the midnight train Now if you would have been there Aboard the midnight train He was rumoured to have died or gone insane Then somebody'd be smiling No one knew his name But he was born - on the midnight train