Midnight Train Home Lyrics

The subway rattles like a heart on the mend

She used to hum love songs while stacking the chairs

Now she just counts the hours, numb to the air

She's wiping down tables, pouring coffee in a cup

But in the midnight silence, she's ready to give up

Oh, she rides the iron tracks, lost in the night

With a window full of stars, but none feeling right

Thinking 'bout the boy who wore her favorite smile

Wondering if her freedom slipped away all the while

Her hands are calloused from serving endless plates

But behind those tired eyes lie loves and fates

Maybe if she'd waited just a little more time

She'd have danced under streetlights, not just the grind

Oh, she rides the iron tracks, lost in the night

With a window full of stars, but none feeling right

Thinking 'bout the boy who wore her favorite smile

Wondering if her freedom slipped away all the while

She remembers laughter that echoed in her heart

Now it's only whispers tearing her apart

Caught between the dreams and the life that she chose

Staring at reflections of a girl nobody knows

Oh, she rides the iron tracks, lost in the night

With a window full of stars, but none feeling right

Thinking 'bout the boy who wore her favorite smile

Wondering if her freedom slipped away all the while

So here's to the waitresses dreaming on trains

Holding on to memories wrapped up in chains

In shadows and silence where her hopes used to gleam

She wonders if tomorrow could be more than a dream