Said a stranger on a train ...hey've thrown me in a cell ...And I've nigh on withered away ...Disheveled star in a burnt out bar ...I lay here calmly on my bed, ...Dancin' from a dream

idnight train, roll on ...idnight train, roll on ...Take this stranger on to Santa Fe ...this here tall dark stranger all along the way ...Well, the train was rumblin' throug...And in a fancy car with a private bar and a personal valet ...There was a bunch of cold eyed men sittin' at a poker table ...e Louisiana Lou had a knife in his shoe w...A hand of cards and ole Stagger Lee Crocket had a gun in his pocket ... two gold teeth and a patch on his eye took a long hard look arou...door flew open, the stranger walked in ... I know this here's a private game ...t invited but I got a roll that"d choke a mule ...I'm just about a big enough fool to ...ybody nodded as the stranger took his seat ...As the stranger knew then the tough...Was a pot belly fellow from south Alabama and a dude in a black felt hat ...idnight train, roll on ...idnight train, roll on ...Take this stranger on to Santa Fe ...this here tall dark stranger all along the way ...Well, the stranger sat down he looked ...t-belly fellow drew a pair of queens but the stranger ...ew aces and he kept on raising and pushin'...Kept on winning like a run away truck he was giving them a beating ...kes got higher than a Chinese kite, the stranger ...And then the stranger threw down a royal flush, somebo...And then the stranger picked the money up...ellied fella pulled a razor out, somebody pulled a gun ...ou may think you're a sly old fox, you're...In a long pine box if yo...lights came on, the stranger was gone, they all ... they searched that train from front to rear ...That stranger he done disappeared...When the train pulled in the stati...A telegram was waitin' from the stranger for the crowd ...'Cause it takes a dog to know a dog I'm a howlin' son of a gun" ...idnight train, roll on ...idnight train, roll on ...Take this stranger on to Santa Fe ...this here tall dark stranger all along the way

idnight train, roll on...idnight train, roll on...Take this stranger on to Santa Fe...this here tall dark stranger all along the way...Well, the train was rumblin' throug...And in a fancy car with a private bar and a personal valet...There was a bunch of cold eyed men sittin' at a poker table...e Louisiana Lou had a knife in his shoe w...A hand of cards and ole Stagger Lee Crocket had a gun in his pocket... two gold teeth and a patch on his eye took a long hard look arou...door flew open, the stranger walked in... I know this here's a private game...t invited but I got a roll that?d choke a mule...I'm just about a big enough fool to ...ybody nodded as the stranger took his seat...As the stranger knew then the tough...Was a pot belly fellow from south Alabama and a dude in a black felt hat...idnight train, roll on...idnight train, roll on...Take this stranger on to Santa Fe...this here tall dark stranger all along the way...Well, the stranger sat down he looked ...t-belly fellow drew a pair of queens but the stranger...ew aces and he kept on raising and pushin'...Kept on winning like a run away truck he was giving them a beating...kes got higher than a Chinese kite, the stranger...And then the stranger threw down a royal flush, somebo...And then the stranger picked the money up...ellied fella pulled a razor out, somebody pulled a gun...ou may think you're a sly old fox, you're...In a long pine box if yo...lights came on, the stranger was gone, they all ... they searched that train from front to rear...That stranger he done disappeared...When the train pulled in the stati...A telegram was waitin' from the stranger for the crowd...'Cause it takes a dog to know a dog I'm a howlin' son of a gun"...idnight train, roll on...idnight train, roll on...Take this stranger on to Santa Fe...this here tall dark stranger all along the way

One step at a time, baby...omehow you're still on the run...On that train to nowhere...Just another stranger...Seems like such a long long time...Since you've had, a little piece of min...On that train to nowhere...Just another stranger...time for you to get on board...You had a real good woman...On that train to nowhere...Just another stranger...On that train to nowhere...Just another stranger

I'm a stranger here ...I'm a stranger here ...Because I'm a stranger ...nder why they treat a stranger so ...nder why they treat a stranger so ... I won't have these stranger blues ...These stranger blues ...Well, the train stopped here cause ...Well, the train stopped here cause ...I'm gonna move on down that line

I'm a stranger here ...I'm a stranger here ...Because I'm a stranger ...nder why they treat a stranger so ...nder why they treat a stranger so ... I won't have these stranger blues ...These stranger blues ...Well, the train stopped here cause ...Well, the train stopped here cause ...I'm gonna move on down that line

I'm a stranger here ...I'm a stranger here ...Because I'm a stranger ...nder why they treat a stranger so ...nder why they treat a stranger so ... I won't have these stranger blues ...These stranger blues ...Well, the train stopped here cause ...Well, the train stopped here cause ...I'm gonna move on down that line

e said, better than a letter, some guys j...e station, oh, just a little bit late,...When I spotted a soldier turning thr...strangest look from a strangers eyes....I cried in a stranger's arms standing the...u loved me, but the train made it hard to hea...As the train departed your lovin...I cried in a stranger's arms standing the...nd looked into that stranger's eyes....I cried in a stranger's arms standing the...I cried in a stranger's arms standing the

e said, better than a letter, some guys j...e station, oh, just a little bit late,...When I spotted a soldier turning thr...strangest look from a strangers eyes....I cried in a stranger's arms standing the...u loved me, but the train made it hard to hea...As the train departed your lovin...I cried in a stranger's arms standing the...nd looked into that stranger's eyes....I cried in a stranger's arms standing the...I cried in a stranger's arms standing the

e said, better than a letter, some guys j...e station, oh, just a little bit late,...When I spotted a soldier turning thr...strangest look from a strangers eyes....I cried in a stranger's arms standing the...u loved me, but the train made it hard to hea...As the train departed your lovin...I cried in a stranger's arms standing the...nd looked into that stranger's eyes....I cried in a stranger's arms standing the...I cried in a stranger's arms standing the

Standing on the westbound track...Haunted by a past of a lone gone lonely ...Bought a ticket, free at last, figure I'll take a ride ...Gonna take the last train to San Antone ...A stranger there may have some...If I'm not on that train to San Antone ...I feel a rumble, see a light, it looks about a mile away ... heart from hanging on to yesterday ...Gonna take the last train to San Antone ...A stranger there may have some...If I'm not on that train to San Antone ...Gonna take the last train to San Antone

sitting right there on the railway tracks...And the train was coming...There was a string of wild flow...ing to the oncoming train...he watched religion on the TV...ly she just gave up on miracles...He found it was a stranger calling him...ght of the oncoming train...cked eyes with that stranger...Not a soul knows what he ...Or who that stranger was

I find myself a child again ...ir bubble caught in a vein ...Going down like a thermos flask thrown from a train ...n't leave the light on ...othing left to bite on ...ir bubble caught in a vein ...Going down like a thermos flask thrown from a train ...A splintering of glas...Steam train ... dead" and truth is stranger than fiction ...Truth is stranger than fiction ...And a space to fly my kit...ir bubble caught in a vein ...Going down like a thermos flask thrown from a train ...Going up like a body rejecting a heart

I'm a stranger, just blow...So I want my train fare home, so I have no worries on my babe...I'm a stranger here, just blowed i...Oh yes, I am, I'm a stranger here, just blowed i...Well, because I'm a stranger everybody wants to ...on't have these old stranger blues...Sing these old stranger blues

Smell of a man...The noise of the train...The clothes on my back...Hold on to the strap...Or hold on to a stranger...Hope that stranger's day has not been ...he sweat pours down on you...Please stand on the right...So I can pass on the left...So I can say which train to meet...Let me say which train to meet...he sweat pours down on you...Please stand on the right...So I can pass on the left