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Just a small-town girl
Livin’ in a lonely world
She took the midnight train goin’ anywhere
Just a city boy
Born and raised in South Detroit
He took the midnight train goin’ anywhere
A singer in a smokey room
The smell of wine and cheap perfume
For a smile they can share the night
It goes on and on, and on, and on
Lyric excerpts from AZLyrics.
On Florida afternoon a group of us sit at the local Burger King. It sits barely a mile from my house, but I rarely go there. On this particular day a friend drives us there; he too is Chinese. Most days we eat our typical Chinese fare, which nearly always includes rice. We celebrate anything that deviates from that norm, even if it’s standard fast food. First, we order our food and patiently wait. We eventually settle into a sculpted booth that overlooks the surrounding windows. We watch the traffic as it zooms past State Road 7 as we talk about something that I can’t hope to remember.