I gonna catch that nighttrain, I gonna ride it to L.A. I gonna catch that nighttrain, I gonna ride it to L.A. Yes, sure got to go there, 'cause my woman is gone that way. Gonna see my baby, people You know I do Gonna see my baby, people You know I do She's like the sugar in my coffee, when she cries and makes me blue. Why don't You my baby, feel just like an empty bed. Why don't You my baby, feel just like an empty bed. She is a sweet little angel, sweetest girl I've ever met. I gonna catch that nighttrain, I gonna ride it to L.A. I gonna catch that nighttrain, I gonna ride it to L.A. Sure got to go there, ' cause my woman is gone that way.