The New Directions sing this song in the McKinley auditorium to show their unity as a group while Will watches them from afar with a gleeful smile on his face. Little do they know, Puck, Sue, Quinn, and Santana are also watching them.

It is one of the show's most prominent songs during Season One and has become the show's anthem, and has later on been reprised multiple times in the show.

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Lyrics

Finn:
Just a small town girl
Livin' in a lonely world
She took the midnight train goin' anywhere

Rachel:
Just a city boy
Born and raised in south Detroit
He took the midnight train goin' anywhere

Finn:
A singer in a smoky room

Rachel:
A smell of wine and cheap perfume

Finn and Rachel:
For a smile they can share the night
It goes on and on and on and on
Strangers waiting
Upand down the boulevard
Their shadows searching in the night
Streetlights people
Living just to find emotion
Hiding somewhere in the night

Rachel:
Working hard to get my fill
Everybody wants a thrill

Finn and Rachel:
Payin' anything to roll the dice just one more time

Rachel:
Some will win

Finn and Rachel:
Some will lose
Some were born to sing the blues
Oh, the movie never ends
It goes on and on and on and on
Strangers waiting
Up and down the boulevard
Their shadows searching in the night
Streetlight people
Living just to find emotion
Hiding somewhere in the night

Finn and Rachel with New Directions:
Don't stop believin'
(Finn and Rachel: Hold on to that feelin')
Streetlight people
Don't stop believin'
(Finn and Rachel: Hold on to that feelin')
Streetlight people
Don't stop!

Trivia

This is the first released song by the New Directions. It is also the first released duet of the series.

On that note of