The Jam - Down In The Tube Station At Midnight
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0:21 - 0:24The distant echo
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0:24 - 0:29Of faraway voices boarding faraway trains
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0:29 - 0:32To take them home to
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0:32 - 0:37The ones that they love and who love them forever
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0:38 - 0:45The glazed, dirty steps, repeat my own and reflect my thoughts
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0:46 - 0:51Cold and uninviting, partially naked
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0:51 - 0:54Except for toffee wrappers and this morning's paper
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0:54 - 0:57Mr. Jones got run down
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0:57 - 1:00Headlines of death and sorrow, they tell of tomorrow
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1:00 - 1:03Madmen on the rampage
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1:03 - 1:09And I'm down in the tube station at midnight, oh, oh, oh
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1:15 - 1:19I fumble for change, and pull out the Queen
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1:19 - 1:23Smiling, beguiling
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1:23 - 1:27I put in the money and pull out a plum
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1:28 - 1:32Behind me
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1:32 - 1:36Whispers in the shadows, gruff blazing voices
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1:36 - 1:40Hating, waiting
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1:40 - 1:45"Hey boy" they shout, "have you got any money?"
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1:45 - 1:48And I said, "I've a little money and a take away curry,
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1:48 - 1:51I'm on my way home to my wife
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1:51 - 1:53She'll be lining up the cutlery,
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1:53 - 1:54You know she's expecting me
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1:54 - 1:57Polishing the glasses and pulling out the cork"
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1:57 - 2:03And I'm down in the tube station at midnight, oh, oh, oh
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2:09 - 2:13I first felt a fist, and then a kick
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2:13 - 2:16I could now smell their breath
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2:17 - 2:21They smelt of pubs and Wormwood Scrubs
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2:21 - 2:25And too many right-wing meetings
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2:25 - 2:28My life swam around me
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2:28 - 2:33It took a look and drowned me in its own existence
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2:34 - 2:37The smell of brown leather
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2:37 - 2:38It blended in with the weather
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2:38 - 2:41It filled my eyes, ears, nose and mouth
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2:41 - 2:42It blocked all my senses
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2:42 - 2:44Couldn't see, hear, speak any longer
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2:44 - 2:50And I'm down in the tube station at midnight, oh, oh, oh
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2:50 - 2:57I said I was down in the tube station at midnight, oh, oh, oh
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3:01 - 3:02The last thing that I saw
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3:02 - 3:03As I lay there on the floor
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3:03 - 3:06Was "Jesus saves" painted by an atheist nutter
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3:06 - 3:10And a British rail poster read "have an away day, a cheap holiday
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3:10 - 3:12Do it today!"
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3:12 - 3:13I glanced back on my life
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3:13 - 3:14And thought about my wife
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3:14 - 3:17'Cause they took the keys, and she'll think it's me
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3:17 - 3:19And I'm down in the tube station at midnight
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3:19 - 3:23The wine will be flat and the curry's gone cold
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3:23 - 3:28I'm down in the tube station at midnight, oh, oh, oh
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3:28 - 3:32So why go down in a tube station at midnight, oh, oh, oh
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3:32 - 3:34[applause]
- Title:
- The Jam - Down In The Tube Station At Midnight
- Description:
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Music video by The Jam performing Down In The Tube Station At Midnight. (C) 1978 BBC Music
- Video Language:
- English
- Team:
- Music Captioning
- Project:
- Other Music Videos
- Duration:
- 03:36
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