Why Is This Song So Popular?

Just a small town girl, living in a lonely world (because her boyfriend dumped her and she has no self-esteem)
She took the midnight train going anywhere (except that it was going somewhere and she just didn't know where, which was probably a stupid idea, cuz now she's probably stranded, but Journey didn't write that part in because it's less romantic)

Just a city boy, born and raised in South Detroit
He took the midnight train going anywhere (apparently it's becoming a trend)

A singer in a smokey room
A smell of wine and cheap perfume
For a smile they can share the night
It goes on and on and on and on

(Okay that whole stanza doesn't even make sense. Who can share the night? What goes on and on?)

Strangers waiting up and down the boulevard (probably for drug dealers)
Their shadows searching in the night (probably for drugs, maybe prostitutes. Drugs and prostitutes?)
Streetlights people, living just to find emotion (when did streetlights become an adjective? What does that even mean? People made of streetlights?)
Hiding somewhere in the night (dude, I hate it when songs try to make a word rhyme with itself. It's a cop out Journey, okay? It's a cop out.)

Working hard to get my fill (Yes you are, Journey, yes you are.)
Everybody wants a thrill
Payin' anything to roll the dice
Just one more time
Some will win
Some will lose
Some were born to sing the blues
(Thank you Dr. Seuss)
Oh the movie never ends
It goes on and on and on and on (OH! The movie goes on! Wait, what movie? Am I watching a movie? I thought I was listening to a song?)

Don't listen to Journey because when you stop believing, anything is possible.

(Also, I'm gonna be a streetlight person for Halloween.)