Hold on to your dreams, Your dreams are the place where you want to be, I hold on to my dreams - That's the one thing they can't take away from me, Everyday - we struggle against mediocrity, And we can't pay the rent, 'Cause the money's all spent, And you really need to get free; Day after day we stare in the face of adversity, You get poked you get shoved, By some guy up above - That's just the way it goes; CHORUS: Riding on the night train, Sometimes you feel it's all a waste of time, Riding on the night train, The enemy is just a state of mind. I feel like a freak, Every moment I work in the factory, Got the wolf at my door, And I don't even know what we do this work for, But I still have a dream, just my girl and me, All we need's a change of scene, They can say what they like, But someday we might, Swim the river - swim to freedom, Take a boat and sail to Eden; Riding on the night train, Sometimes you feel it's all a waste of time, Riding on the night train, The enemy is just a state of mind.