Midnight Train to Georgia／往喬治亞的夜班車

Gladys Knight & the Pips - Midnight Train to Georgia

Gladys Knight & The Pips 1973年灌唱發行、於同年10月23日拿下年美國 Billboard 單曲及1994年 Hot 榜上冠軍、葛萊美獎最佳 R&B 主唱獎項的「Midnight Train to Georgia」，故事背景主要是敘述一位懷有滿腔音樂夢想的男孩，遠離家鄉 Georgia (喬治亞州)及愛人到 Los Angeles (洛杉磯)尋找成為「巨星」的機會，但現實與夢想的差距迫使他最後不得不放棄理想，賣掉老舊的車子以便買張回故鄉 Georgia 的單程車票，撘著午夜的火車，回到家鄉...

Gladys Knight & The Pips - Midnight Train to Georgia  (1973)
Written by Jim Weatherly

L.A. proved too much for the man,
So he's leavin' the life, he's come to know,
He said he's goin' back to find
Ooh, what's left of his world,
The world he left behind
Not so long ago.

He's leaving, 
On that midnight train to Georgia,
And he said he's goin' back
To a simpler place and time.

And I'll be with him 
On that midnight train to Georgia,
I'd rather live in his world
Than live without him in mine.

He kept dreamin' 
That someday he'd be a star.
But he sure found out the hard way
That dreams don't always come true.
So he pawned all his hopes
and he even sold his old car
Bought a one way ticket
To the life he once knew,
Oh yes he did,
He said he would

Be leavin'
On that midnight train to Georgia,
And he said he's goin' back to find
To a simpler place and time.

And I'll be with him 
On that midnight train to Georgia,
I'd rather live in his world
Than live without him in mine.

Be leavin'
On that midnight train to Georgia,
And he said he's goin' back to find
To a simpler place and time.

And I'll be with him 
On that midnight train to Georgia,
I'd rather live in his world
Than live without him in mine.

Go, gonna board, gonna board, 
Gonna board the midnight train.
Gotta go, gonna board
Gonna board
Gonna board the midnight train

P.S. 這首歌靈感來源是改編自 Cissy Houston (西西‧休斯頓，Whitney Houston 惠妮‧休斯頓的母親)在70'年代初期錄製的專輯「Midnight Plane to Houston」當中的同名歌曲。

Cissy Houston