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 a 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 night streetlight people living just to find emotion hiding somewhere in the night working hard to get my fill everybody want's a thrill payin' anything to roll the dice just one more time some will win some will lose some were 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 searching in the night streetlight people living just to find emotion hiding somewhere in the night don't stop believinf hold on to the feelinf streetlight people don't stop believinf streetlight people don't stop believinf