just a small town girl livin in a lonely world she took the midnight train goin anywhere just a city boy born and raised in south detroit he took the midnight train goin anywhere a singer in a smoky room the smell of wine and cheap perfume for a smile they can share the night it goes on and on and on and on strangers waiting up and down the boulevard their shadows searching in the nights streetlights people living just to find emotion hiding somewhere in the nights working hard to get my fill everybody wants a thrill payin anything to roll the dice just one more time some will win some will lose some are born to sing the blues and now the movie never ends it goes on and on and on and on strangers waiting up and down the boulevard their shadows searching in the nights streetlights people living just to find emotion hiding somewhere in the nights don t stop believin hold on to that feelin streetlight people don t stop believin hold on to that feelin streetlight people