Big Midnight Special Songtext
von Jean Shepard

Big midnight special, shine your light on me
Big midnight special, shine your ever-lovin′ light on me

Woke up this mornin', heard the whistle blow
The jailer said, "Come, boy, it′s time to go"

Big midnight special, shine your light on me
Big midnight special, shine your ever-lovin' light on me

I've never had the blues so in my life before
′Til my baby left me at the station door

Big midnight special, shine your light on me
Big midnight special, shine your ever-lovin′ light on me

They put him in a Pullman, guards around his door
Said, "You're off to Atlanta to serve ten years more"


Big midnight special, shine your light on me
Big midnight special, shine your ever-lovin′ light on me

He looked all around him in the Pullman car
Saw the men wearin' top hats, smokin′ big cigars

Big midnight special, shine your light on me
Big midnight special, shine your ever-lovin' light on me

Took him off in Atlanta at the end of the line
Said, "You start servin′ time, boy, for your awful crime"

Big midnight special, shine your light on me
Big midnight special, shine your ever-lovin' light on me

That whistle makes me lonesome on the midnight train
But he knows I'm waitin′ ′til it brings him home again

Big midnight special, shine your light on me
Big midnight special, shine your ever-lovin' light on me

Shine your light on me