Down in the Tube Station at Midnight - 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 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?

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

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

I'm down in the tube station at midnight

I said, "I was down in the tube station at midnight" Hey

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