Oo, Midnight Flyer 
Engineer, won't you let your whistle moan? 
Oo, Midnight Flyer 
I paid my dues and I feel like trav'lin' on 

A runaway team of horses ain't enough to make me stay 
So throw your rope on another man 
And pull him down your way 
Make him into someone who can take the place of me 
Make him every kind of fool you wanted me to be 

Oo, Midnight Flyer 
Engineer, won't you let your whistle moan? 
Oo, Midnight Flyer, 
I paid my dues and I feel like trav'lin' on 
Maybe I'll go to Santa Fe, maybe San Antone, 
Any town is where I'm bound any way to get me gone 
Don't think about me, never let me cross your mind 
'Cept when you hear that midnight lonesome whistle whine 

Oo, Midnight Flyer 
Engineer, won't you let your whistle moan? 
Oo, Midnight Flyer 
I paid my dues and I feel like trav'lin' on 
I paid my dues and I feel like trav'lin' on