midnight train to Georgia

 

Gladys Knight & Pips' 은 1961년 'Gladys Knight' 과 그녀의 오빠 그리고 두명의 사촌형제로 결성된 그룹으로서 Gladys Knight 가 이끄는 가족 그룹이다. 처음은 그냥 'the Pips'로 불렸었다.

 이 그룹의 가장 많이 알려진 곡들은 "Every Beat Of My Heart" (1961), "Midnight Train To Georgia" (1973), "Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me" (1974), 그리고 on And on" (1974) 등이다.

최근의 히트곡으로는 "Missing You" (1996, with Brandy, Tamia, and Chaka Khan). "Rock & Roll Hall of Fame"(1996) 등이 있다. 우리에게는 특히 'Kris Kristofferson' 의 'Help Me Make It Through The Night' 으로 잘 알려져 있다.

 

 

Midnight Train To Georgia (1973)

 

Gladys Night 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.

 

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.

Go, gonna board, gonna board,
Gonna board the midnight train.
Gotta go, gonna board
Gonna board
Gonna board the midnight train
(repeat, fade)