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Midnight Special is a traditional American folk song believed to be originated by Prisoners in the American South. The song was sung by The Jukebox Band in the Season 2 episode, Scare Dares and in the VHS special, A Day in the Life of The Jukebox Band. The song is a lyrical tribute to the real Midnight Special that ran on the Chicago and Alton Railroad, believed to me made by prisoners in the American South.
In Scare Dares, the band perform the song to enhance the Halloween spirit in the station with everyone in their costumes. After the song is performed Didi enters in later as the band discovers the one singing with them was a ghost. In A Day in the Life, Tex suggests the band play a scary song to help them sleep.
Lyrics[]
Let the Midnight Special shine a light on me
Let the Midnight Special shine a ever lovin' light on me
Well you wake up in the morning, hear the ding dong ring
You go marching to the table, see the same old thing
Well it's on one table, knife and fork and can
and if you say a thing about it, you're in trouble with the man
Let the Midnight Special shine a light on me
Let the Midnight Special shine a ever lovin' light on me
Let the Midnight Special shine a light on me
Yeah yeah hey! Let the Midnight Special shine a ever lovin' light on me
Let the Midnight Special shine a light on me
Yeah yeah!
Let the Midnight Special shine a ever lovin' light on me!
Yeah hey hey hey!
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Trivia[]
- The song is traditionally meant to be played in the style and genre of blues. The Jukebox Band perform it in a Blues Rock style.
- The song has been covered by famous artists like The Beatles, ABBA, Eric Clapton, Creedence Clearwater Revival amoung many others.
- This is one of the rare moments where a guest performs a song with the band in this case a ghost with a pink bow shaped like Didi.