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(Don’t wanna go) down in the tube station (at midnight)

The distant echo –
Of faraway voices boarding faraway 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 wrapers 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