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 smokey 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 searchin in the night streetlights people livin just to find emotion hidin somewhere in the night workin hard to get my fill everybody wants a thrill payin anythin to roll the dice just one more time some will win some will lose some are born to sing the blues oh the movie never ends it goes on and on and on and on strangers waiting up and down the boulevard their shadows searchin in the night streetlights people livin just to find emotion hidin somewhere in the night don t stop believin hold on to that feelin streetlights people don t stop believin hold on to that feelin streetlights people don t stop 