[Verse]
            
  Just a small

             
-town girl
           
  Livin' in a 

             
lonely world
             
  She took the

             
 midnight trai

            
n goin' anywhe

    
re

            
  Just a city 

   
boy
            
  Born and rai

             
sed in South D

        
etroit
             
  He took the 

             
midnight train

            
 goin' anywher

e


[Interlude]
      


[Verse]
             
  A singer in 

            
a smokey room
           
  The smell of

             
 wine and chea

                    
p perfume
             
  For a smile 

         
they can share

 the night
            
It goes on and

         
 on, and on, a

nd on


[Chorus]

Strangers wait

ing

  Up and down 

the boulevard
             
Their shadows 

              
searching in t

   
he night

Streetlights p

eople

  Livin' just 

to find emotio

n
             
Hidin' somewhe

             
re in the nigh

        
t


[Verse]
             
  Workin' hard

             
 to get my fil

 
l
           
  Everybody wa

             
nts a thrill
             
  Payin' anyth

             
ing to roll th

            
e dice just on

          
e more time

             
  Some will wi

             
n, some will l

   
ose
            
  Some were bo

             
rn to sing the

       
 blues
             
  Oh, the movi

    
e never ends
            
It goes on and

         
 on, and on, a

nd on


[Chorus]

Strangers wait

ing

  Up and down 

the boulevard
             
Their shadows 

              
searching in t

   
he night

Streetlights p

eople

  Livin' just 

to find emotio

n
             
Hidin' somewhe

             
re in the nigh

      
t

            
Don't stop bel

        
ievin'
            
  Hold on to t

    
hat feelin'
            
Streetlight pe

        
ople
            
Don't stop bel

          
ievin'
           
  Hold on to t

   
he feeling
            
Streetlight pe

         
ople
            
Don't stop bel

ievin'
           
  Hold on to t

    
hat feelin'