Well, you wake up in the morning

You hear that work bell ring, and they march you

To the table you see the same old thing

Ain't no fool upon the table.

Ain't no poker there in that pen.

But you better not complain

You got in trouble with the man.

Woo-hoo!

Woo-hoo!

Woo-hoo!

Woo!

Woo!

Woo!

Woo-hoo!

Woo-hoo!

Woo-hoo!

Woo-hoo!

I love the midnight special.

I love the midnight special.

I left the midnight special.

I'm trying to have a loving light on me.

You're in the game, it's losing.

I'm the word that you know.

By the way she wore her apron.

And the clothes she wore, umbrella on her shoulder, see the paper in her hand.

She came to see the governor.

She came to free a man.

At the midnight special.

At the midnight special.

I shined a light on me.

I left the midnight special.

I shined the ever loving light on me.

I left the midnight special.

And shined the light on me.

I love the midnight special.

It's time to have a love and light on me.

Thank you.

Chug-a-chug-a, oh, chug-a-chug-a.

Chug-a-chug-a, oh, chug-a-chug-a.

Chugga, chugga, ooh, chugga, chugga, ooh.

If you haven't, you start.

Oh, you better do right.

You better not gamble.

You better not fight.

The sheriff is in the present.

And the boys turn you down.

The next thing you know, boy.

Driven by the midnight special.

The light on me.

And let the midnight special shine the ever-loving light on me.

The midnight special.

Oh, lord, let it shine, let it shine.

Oh, the midnight special.

I surely have a loving light on me.

I've got to, got to, got to share.

Hey, hey, no!