Starlight Express (from "Starlight Express")

Starlight Express - Carl Wayne/Stephanie Lawrence

When your good nights have been said

And you are lying in bed

With the covers pulled up tight

And though you count every sheep

You get the feeling that sleep

Is going to stay away tonight

That's when you hear it coming

That is when you hear the humming of the

Midnight train here again

Can't explain that midnight train

That midnight train

Starlight express you must confess

Are you real yes or no

Starlight express answer me yes

I don't want you to go

Want you to take me away

But bring me far before day light

And in the time between

Take me to everywhere

But don't abandon me there

Just want to say i've been

I believe in you completely

Though i may be dreaming sweetly

I can hear the train here again

Can't explain that midnight train

That midnight train

Starlight express you must confess

Are you real yes or no

Starlight express answer me yes

I don't want you to go

Starlight express you must confess

Are you real yes or no

Starlight express answer me yes

I need you to be