Every time I hear the midnight train a-rollin' out to the open plain A sense of freedom fills my veins, I get the fever Every time a sparrow flies up into the endless skies Something down inside me cries, I get the fever I get the fever to pack up and leave here And wander wild like the wind This town's too full of memories of cruel love And I can't stand it, seeing her with him Every time I hear a buddy say he's putting lots of dust and clay Between him and yesterday, I get the fever I get the fever to pack up and leave here And I think, maybe I'll do just that tomorrow This town's too full of memories of cruel love Everywhere I turn there's pain and sorrow Every time I hear a buddy say he's putting lots of dust and clay Between him and yesterday, I get the fever I get the fever I get the fever I get the fever