[Intro]
        ;        

[Verse]
            
  Just a small

            
 town girl, li

         
vin in a lonel

  
y world
             
  She took the

             
 midnight trai

         
n goin anywher

e
            
  Just a city 

            
boy, born and 

          
raised in sout

  
h detroit
             
  He took the 

             
midnight train

        
 goin anywhere

[Instrumental]
        ;        

[Verse]
             
  A singer in 

  
a smokey room
            
  A smell of w

           
ine and cheap 

  
perfume
             
  For a smile 

         
they can share

 the night
           
It goes on and

       
 on and on and

 on

[Chorus]
             
Strangers wait

     
ing, up and do

wn the bouleva

rd
             
Their shadows 

              
searching in t

   
he night
             
Streetlight pe

      
ople, living j

ust to find em

otion
             
Hiding, somewh

           
ere in the nig

ht

[Verse]
             
  Working hard

    
 to get my fil

l,
            
  Everybody wa

       
nts a thrill
             
  Payin anythi

      
ng to roll the

 dice,
          
Just one more 

time

[Chorus]
             
  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 and

 on

[Verse]
             
Strangers wait

     
ing, up and do

wn the bouleva

rd
             
Their shadows 

              
searching in t

   
he night
             
Streetlight pe

      
ople, living j

ust to find em

otion
             
Hiding, somewh

           
ere in the nig

ht

[Outro]
          
Dont stop beli

evin
            
Hold on to the

 
 feelin
            
Streetlight pe

    
ople