The Jam - Down In the Tube Station At Midnight (Single Edit) Lyrics

Lyrics Down In the Tube Station At Midnight (Single Edit) - The Jam



The distant echo
Of far away voices boarding far away trains
To take them home to
The ones that they love and who love them forever
The glazed, dirty steps
Repeat my own and reflect my thoughts
Cold and uninviting
Partially naked, except for toffee wrappers
And this morning's papers, Mr. Jones got run down
Headlines of death and sorrow, they tell of tomorrow
Madmen on the rampage
And I'm down in the tube station at midnight
I fumble for change
And pulled out the Queen, smiling, beguiling
I put in the money
And pull out a plum, behind me
Whispers in the shadows
Gruff blazing voices, hating, waiting
Hey boy, they shout
"Have you got any money?"
But I say, "I've a little money and a take away curry
I'm on the way home to my wife
She'll be lining up the cutlery and now she's expecting me
Polishing the glasses and pulling out the cork"
I'm down in the tube station at midnight
I first felt a fist
And then a kick, I could now smell their breath
They smelt of pubs
And Wormwood Scrubs
And too many right wing meetings
My life swam around me
It took a look and drowned me in its own existence
The smell of brown leather
It blended in with the weather
It filled my eyes, ears, nose and mouth
It blocked all my senses, couldn't see, hear, speak any longer
I'm down in the tube station at midnight
I said, I was down in the tube station at midnight
The last thing that I saw as I lay there on the floor
Was 'Jesus Saves' painted by an atheist nutter
And a British Rail poster read
'Have an away day, a cheap holiday, do it today'
I glanced back on my life and thought about my wife
'Cause they took the keys, and she'll think it's me
I'm down in the tube station at midnight
The wine will be flat and the curry's gone cold
I'm down in the tube station at midnight
Don't want to go down in a tube station at midnight
Don't want to go down in a tube station at midnight
Don't want to go down in a tube station at midnight
Don't want to go down in a tube station at midnight



Writer(s): Paul Weller


The Jam - Snap!
Album Snap!
date of release
01-01-2006

1 In The City
2 Away From The Numbers
3 All Around the World
4 The Modern World (Censored Version)
5 News Of The World
6 Billy Hunt
7 English Rose
8 Mr. Clean
9 David Watts - Single Mix
10 'A' Bomb In Wardour Street
11 Down In the Tube Station At Midnight (Single Edit)
12 Strange Town
13 The Butterfly Collector
14 When You're Young
15 Smithers-Jones
16 Thick As Thieves
17 The Eton Rifles - Single Edit
18 Going Underground
19 The Dreams Of Children
20 That's Entertainment (Snap! Demo Version)
21 Start!
22 Man In The Corner Shop
23 Funeral Pyre (Snap! Remixed Version)
24 Absolute Beginners
25 Tales From the Riverbank
26 Town Called Malice
27 Precious (Single Edit)
28 The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow)
29 Beat Surrender
30 Move On Up (Live At Wembley)
31 Get Yourself Together (Live at Wembley)
32 The Great Depression (Live At Wembley)
33 But I'm Different Now (Live At Wembley)




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