Just a small town girl, livin' in a lonely world / Pretty girl wants to get off the farm
She took the midnight train goin' anywhere / Actually it was a Greyhound to L.A.
Just a city boy, born and raised in south Detroit / Kid gets involved in gangs because he can't face up to his latent homosexuality
He took the midnight train goin' anywhere / Oops, gangs figure out he's queer. Gotta make a run for it.
A singer in a smokey room / Rock star wanna be hasn't realized he's never going to make it big
A smell of wine and cheap perfume / It's a barfly hangout. Think Lola from the final stanzas of Copa Cabana
For a smile they can share the night / A smile, or 10 bucks to score
It goes on and on and on and on / Different night, different girl.
Strangers waiting, up and down the boulevard / Cruising prostitutes
Their shadows searching in the night / Skanky prostitutes
Streetlights people, living just to find emotion / And vampires
Hiding, somewhere in the night. / Skanky vampires
Working hard to get my fill, / Thinks he has a big penis.
Everybody wants a thrill / Yeah, every girl wants some of this action.
Payin' anything to roll the dice, / Drug reference
Just one more time / In the ass
Some will win, some will lose / Some will hook up with a pretty girl, others will get the hags
Some were born to sing the blues / Of course the nerds strike out completely
Oh, the movie never ends / Remember the girl on the Greyhound? She's doing B-level porn now.
It goes on and on and on and on / You know, those scenes you don't even want to think about
(Chorus)
Don't stop believin' / Hey everybody, come to LA the land of golden opportunity
Hold on to the feelin' / Working as a waitress in a 24 hour diner is not that different from being a big star
Streetlights people / The vampire prostitutes are back
Don't stop believin' / The gay kid from Detroit. He's a busboy at an old folks home
Hold on / Turns out he has a hard-on for old men
Streetlight people / And vampires
Don't stop believin' / More of the same
Hold on to the feelin' / More of the same
Streetlights people / Hey, does anybody know Beugg?
