Intro – Soft Piano & Saxophone Tease]
🎶 (Saxophone softly weaves a melancholy melody over slow, walking bass. Piano plays minor chords.)
Mmm… yeah, yeah…
(Whispered) This is how I lost you…
[Verse 1 – Low, Smoky Vocals]
The rain taps the window,
Streetlights flicker gold on your face.
You’re packin’ your suitcase,
Not a single word left to say.
I light up a cigarette,
Watch the smoke curl through the night…
Every sigh you breathe feels colder,
Girl, this don’t feel right.
[Pre-Chorus – Rising Emotion, Soft Riff]
🎶 I’m reachin’, reachin’ for a hand that’s not mine… (not mine…)
You’re leavin’, leavin’ on that midnight line… 🎶
[Chorus – Big High Notes, Riffs]
🎶 And I’m cryin’ on a midnight traiiiiin… (trainnn, ohhh ohhh!)
Losin’ you is runnin’ through my veiiins… (my veiiins, noooo!)
All these tears, they’re fallin’ like the rain… (like the rainnn, ohhh yeahhh!)
You’re leavin’, baby, but my heart remains… (heart remaaaains!)
Ohhhh, I’m cryin’ on a midnight…
Midnight traiiinnn… 🎶 (long riff on “traaainn”)
(Soft sax echoes the melody at the end.)
[Verse 2 – Storytelling Continues, Low & Smooth]
The platform was empty,
But I swore I still heard your name.
The echo of goodbye
Keeps callin’ me back to the pain.
Your perfume’s on my jacket,
Like a ghost I can’t let go…
And the whistle of that engine
Cuts right through my soul.
[Pre-Chorus – Tension Builds Again]
🎶 I’m reachin’, reachin’ for a dream we both knew… (knew, knew, knew…)
You’re leavin’, leavin’ and I’m losin’ you… 🎶
[Chorus – Big Emotion, More Riffs]
🎶 And I’m cryin’ on a midnight traiiiiin… (ohhh, no no nooo!)
Losin’ you is runnin’ through my veiiins… (through my veiiins, ohhh yeahhh!)
All these tears, they’re fallin’ like the rain… (like the rainnn, yessss!)
You’re leavin’, baby, but my heart remains…
Ohhhh, I’m cryin’ on a midnight…
Midnight traiiinnn… 🎶 (soulful riff: “traaaiinnnn, ohhh-ohhh!”)
[Saxophone Solo – Emotional & Soaring]
🎷 (Saxophone takes over completely for 8 bars, echoing the vocal melody and climbing higher with riffs, dripping with sorrow. A slow, bending note holds before softly fading to let the vocals return.)
[Bridge – High Falsetto & Raw Emotion]
🎶 Can’t stop these wheels from rollin’… (rollinnnnn…)
Can’t stop this heart from breakin’… (ohhhh-ohhhh!)
You’re just a shadow on the track,
But I’m still here callin’ you back… (callin’ you back, noooo!) 🎶
[Final Chorus – Climactic, Powerful Runs]
🎶 Cryin’ on a midnight traiiiiin… (traaainnn, ohhh yeah yeahhh!)
Losin’ you is runnin’ through my veiiins… (my veiiinnns, oooohhh nooo!)
All these tears, they’re fallin’ like the rain… (like the rainnnnnn!)
You’re leavin’, baby, but my heart remains… (ohhh-ohhh-yeahhh!)
I’m cryin’ on a midnight…
Midnight traiiiiin… 🎶 (long melisma, “traaainnnn-ohhhhhh-yeahhhh!”)
[Outro – Saxophone + Whispered Vocals]
🎷 (Saxophone wails a sorrowful solo while piano fades.)
🎶 Midnight train… yeah yeahhh…
Cried for your name… ohhh nooo… 🎶
(Fades out with sax echoing the melody.)
DEAD_MAN
