Twenty Five To Midnight Lyrics - Sting

Train I ride, don't be slow 

If your whistle can blow 

Fifteen miles down the track 

Tell them I'm coming back 

Counting poles, counting sheep 

Don't be slow, I won't weep 

If your wheels on the line 

Were to put me on time 

Just a year to the day 

Since I went upon my way 

To seek my fortune and fame 

Be a star, change my name 

And that's it more or less 

'Til this midnight express 

I know I can't be late 

'Cause she said, she won't wait 

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She'll just go marry Jack 

So there's no turning back 

And it's twenty-five to midnight 

And fifteen miles of track 

Band I had got a break 

Just one chance we had to take 

Told my girl I'd be back 

Left her with my friend Jack 

New York City for a spell 

Things didn't turn out so well 

Every dive that we played 

We were lucky we got paid 

Mr. Train driver, please 

If your speed you increase 

Every cent I have now 

Will be yours this I vow 

Photos 

And that's it more or less 

'Til this midnight express 

I know I can't be late 

'Cause she said, she won't wait 

She'll just go marry Jack 

So there's no turning back 

And it's twenty-five to midnight 

And fifteen miles of track 

We called ourselves The Latino Lovers 

Hawaiian shirts and top forty covers 

I didn't think I could sink this low 

When drugs and booze ate all my dough 

This isn't how it was meant to be 

There's no such thing as a meal that's free 

If I was ever to get out alive 

I have to get home on time 

Train I ride, don't be slow 

If your whistle can blow 

Fifteen miles down the track 

Tell them I'm coming back 

And that's it more or less 

'Til this midnight express 

I know I can't be late 

'Cause she said, she won't wait 

She'll just go marry Jack 

So there's no turning back 

And it's twenty-five to midnight 

And fifteen miles of track 

And it's twenty-five to midnight 

And fifteen miles of track