The Midnight Train Back Home

Act I: The Dust and the Dust
(Intro: Gaita de boca melancólica, piano marcante e guitarras chorando)
(Man): I’ve been working these cotton fields, from the dawn to the setting sun.
(Coral): Working so hard, yeah, from dawn to the setting sun!
(Man): I’ve been working these cotton fields, from the dawn to the setting sun.
(Man): Got no money in my pocket, and my teenage days are gone.
(Man): I remember being a little child, playing running in the mud.
(Coral): Little happy child, playing in the mud!
(Man): I remember being a little child, playing running in the mud.
(Man): Now the blues is in my bones, and it’s running through my blood.

Act II: The Station and the Heartbreak
(O baixo e a bateria pesam mais. A gaita imita o apito de um trem ao fundo)
(Man): Hear that midnight train a-coming, screaming down the iron track.
(Coral): Hear that whistle blow, down the iron track!
(Man): Hear that midnight train a-coming, screaming down the iron track.
(Man): I’m standing at the station, and I ain't never looking back.
(Man): My sweet woman left me standing, standing in the pouring rain.
(Coral): Left him all alone, standing in the rain!
(Man): My sweet woman left me standing, standing in the pouring rain.
(Man): She took my good old guitar, and she left me with the pain.

[ GUITAR & PIANO SOLO INTERLUDE ]
(Momento em que o guitarrista e o pianista duelam no palco, o público grita e bate palmas no ritmo)

Act III: The Bar and Old Friends
(O ritmo fica mais dançante, estilo Texas Shuffle)
(Man): So I walked into the neon lights, to a smoky bar downtown.
(Coral): Walked into the bar, right there downtown!
(Man): Yeah I walked into the neon lights, to a smoky bar downtown.
(Man): Looking for my old companions, just to drown the blues I found.
(Man): My friends ordered up the whiskey, told me "Brother, you’ll be fine".
(Coral): Drink that whiskey down, you gonna be fine!
(Man): My friends ordered up the whiskey, told me "Brother, you’ll be fine".
(Man): Music's playing, people's shouting, everything is gonna be right.

Act IV: Outro & Public Interaction
(A banda diminui o volume, ficando apenas o baixo marcante e as palmas do público)
(Man): (Spoken to the crowd) Hey people, do you know what I'm talking about?
(Public): YEAH!
(Man): Let me hear you say "Oh Yeah!"
(Public + Coral): OH YEAH!
(Man): That train is leaving the station, and I’m finally going home!
(Coral): Going back home, yeah!
(Man): Yes, I’m riding that midnight train, and I won't be alone!
(Final explosivo com a gaita de boca subindo o tom, as duas guitarras fazendo o último acorde juntas e o público aplaudindo de pé)