Down in the tube station at midnight - The Jam

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[Am] The distant e[D]cho [Am]of faraway [D] voices boarding [G] faraway trains
[Am] To take them [D]home to [Am] the ones that they [D] love and who love them for[G]ever

[Am] The glazed, dirty [D] steps [Am] repeat my [D] own and reflect my [G] thoughts
[Am] Cold and unin[D]viting, [Am] partially [D]naked
Except for [G] toffee wrappers and this [Bm] morning's papers
[C] Mr. Jones got [D] run down
[G] Headlines of death and sorrow [Bm] they tell of tomorrow
[C] Madmen on the ram[D]page
And I'm [G] down in the tube station at [Bm] midnight [C] [D]

I fumble for change - and pull 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?"
And I said - "I've a little money and a take away curry,
I'm on my way home to my wife.
She'll be lining up the cutlery,
You know she's expecting me
Polishing the glasses and pulling out the cork"
And 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
And 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 Awayday - 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 its me
And 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

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