night train to Kalamazoo

I've had my share

of beer and tobacco

but since you're offering

don't mind if I do

I can't sleep on cocaine

and wine makes me wacko

and I'm on the night train

to Kalamazoo

give me good conversation

and a bottle of whiskey

I'll tell you my life story

every bit of it's true

but it is an adventure

everything was risky

now I'm on the night train

to Kalamazoo

do yourself a favor, son

find a girl and settle down

don't do what

ambition made me do

working as a salesman

moving on from town to town

now I'm riding on the night train

to Kalamazoo

well, this is my stop, boy

from here I'll take a cab

hole up in a motel room

and sleep the whole night through

order a few drinks

company pays the tab

it's better than riding the night train

to Kalamazoo