Ooh, midnight flyer Engineer, won't you let your whistle moan? Ooh, midnight flyer I paid the dues and I feel like travelin' 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 to take the place of me Make him every kind of fool you wanted me to be Ooh, midnight flyer Engineer, won't you let your whistle moan? Ooh, midnight flyer I paid the dues and I feel like travelin' on Maybe I'll go to Santa Fe, maybe San Antone Any town is where I'm bound anyway, to get me gone Don't think about me, never let me cross your mind Except when you hear that midnight lonesome whistle whine Ooh, midnight flyer Engineer, won't you let your whistle moan? Ooh, midnight flyer I paid the dues and I feel like travelin' on ♪ Ooh, midnight flyer Engineer, won't you let your whistle moan? Ooh, midnight flyer I paid the dues and I feel like travelin' on I paid the dues and I feel like travelin' on