"Midnight Train to Georgia"

by Gladys Knight and The Pips

"L.A. proved too much for the man,

So he's leavin' the life he's come to know,

He said he's goin' back to find

Ooh, what's left of his world,

The world he left behind

Not so long ago.

He's leaving,

On that midnight train to Georgia,

And he's goin' back

To a simpler place and time.

And I'll be with him

On that midnight train to Georgia,

I'd rather live in his world

Than live without him in mine.

He kept dreamin'

That someday he'd be a star.

But he sure found out the hard way

That dreams don't always come true.

So he pawned all his hopes

and he even sold his old car

Bought a one way ticket

To the life he once knew,

Oh yes he did,

He said he would

Be leavin

On that midnight train to Georgia,

And he's goin' back

To a simpler place and time.

And I'll be with him

On that midnight train to Georgia,

I'd rather live in his world

Than live without him in mine.

Go, gonna board, gonna board,

Gonna board the midnight train.

Gotta go, gonna board

Gonna board

Gonna board the midnight train

"

The main idea "Midnight Train to Georgia" by Gladys Knight and The Pips presents is the idea of the California Dream being just a dream for many, failing to transform into reality. Although there are a few people who reach their goals and have the ability of living in Los Angeles, many people who travel to LA with the dream of success do not contain the ability to achieve this. Instead, they find loss of hope and generally return to their hometowns with less than they came with. Most dreams within this aspect exceed reality and due to this, it's understandable that the California Dream is unmet. Within this song, the character tells of how her man has goals of becoming a star in LA, but after a few months, he realizes that these dreams are lost hopes when he loses his car, money, time, and idealistic view of California.