I don't often post lyrics, but I felt like it today, and its my diary, so deal with it :> If you don't want to read them, just scroll down to the rest of the entry...
Down in The Tube Station at Midnight - The Jam
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 paper
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?";
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 it's 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
So not much happening so far this morning. It was extremely windy last night. English kind of windy, which is unusual in Texas. I prepared tonights ritual meditation, which I will do after Star Trek and West Wing. Last night I watched the second part of BattleStar Galactica on the Sci-Fi Channel, which I really enjoyed. I know the die hard fans of the original series won't like it, and I sympathize, I really do. But I liked it anyway. Then I thought about whether they'd do a TV series off of this. The answer is probably yes. But then I realized that it would suck. It would just end up being some kind of Peyton Place in Space. I think. There are some good shows on TV right now. ER, Scrubs, West Wing, and of course Star Trek: Enterprise (but the last is just because I'm a die hard trekky). And I'm sure Third Watch, Nip Tuck and Carnivale are probably good even though I don't watch them. I don't need or want huge doses of TV each week. An hour or two every other night will do me. I've got too much other crap I'm trying to do. Even the computer gets less attention, as I read, read, read, study, write, draw diagrams, discuss stuff with R. and think, think, think. I wonder if my brain will pop. Can you die from Brain-pop? I'm not sure if my medical plan covers that...
Alright I think I've waffled on enough for one morning. Enjoy your hump day :)