Jimmy on the Central Line

Weary morning traveller, another weekend gone
Billboards paid a better picture than where you come from
You don't want to talk about it
You might as well talk to the wall
Isolated in your newspaper-crossword puzzle-Page Three Girl

Try to find a reason try to find a cause
Why everyday a thousand footsteps cross this dirty floor
A sea of cigarette ends and giveaway magazines
Ticket seller's purple hangover-usual morning scene

And you Jimmy what's that song that you play
Makes me feel happy helps me forget the day
All the smoke and dust makes my lungs burn
Think I've had a bellyful don't have the nerve to burn

Turn around and change this empty life
Nine to Five is killing me, there must be more in life
I can't seem to understand it
I don't know what to make of it all
Then I hear your sweet song loud and strong echo
Down the tunnel wall

I know that some throw you silver
Some just walk on by
When you play the Central Line
I can feel my anger slide

And you Jimmy what's that song that you play
Makes me feel happy, helps me forget the day
All the smoke and dust makes my heart burn
Think I've had a bellyful don't have the nerve to turn

I can see you crouching there your head bent low
You never seem to notice all the people come and go
Makes no difference to you
Just another way of passing the time
Can't remember how it used to be
When you weren't there on the Central Line

Jimmy what's that song that you play
Makes me feel happy, helps me forget the day
All the smoke and dust makes my heart burn
Think I've had a bellyful don't have the nerve to turn

Oh, Jimmy what's that song that you play
Makes me feel so happy
Makes me want to break away