Some say that love's a gentle thing   But it only brought me pain   'Cause the only girl I ever did love   Is gone on the midnight train      I never will marry   Never take me a wife   I expect to stay single   For the rest of my life      The train pulled out, the whistle blew   With a low and a lonesome sound   She's gone, she's gone like the morning dew   And left me here alone      I never will marry   Never take me a wife   I expect to stay single   For the rest of my life      For the rest of my life   For the rest of my life