Lyrics

ON THE SUBWAY


My day starts in Brooklyn 
on a busy D train
The express up 6th 
Feels the most humane

I have on my iPod,
I hear Ella sing
I keep my head down, 
don?t wanna see a thing

The subway stalls before the next station
I lift my eyes in dreams of salvation 
The situation is so far from fine
But then I see before my eyes a face so divine. 

Train starts moving
We get close to land
I can't stop thinking
My, isn't he grand ?

We make eye contact 
I think I'm set 
But my view gets blocked at
at Lafayette

West Fourth comes and he goes to  the door
Can this be it, he?s gone for evermore?
It's not my style and I feel insane
But I abandon my routine and follow him off of the train

Don't know what I'm doing
or what anyone will say
but I screw up my courage
& follow him to the A 

car doors close
Train starts moving
Holy shit! (oh my god)
What the hell am I doing??
I?m on the wrong side of town
Having a major breakdown


14th, 28th, 34th, 42nd 
Stops are surely flying by
A briefcase slams into my thigh
I?m gonna be sick
My head is spinning
I need a seat 
Why?s this guy grinning?
I?m chasing a man 
I don?t even know
I need a plan
I?ve hit a new low 

The train stops dead
I?m hit on the head
I reach for the pole
But  lose control
So I grab onto an arm
A hand lands on my ass
The subway has no class!
I look to find the grabber's face
But when I do I drop the case
Because?

It is he, from the D
the one I couldn?t see
thank goodness for the crowded A 
please train don?t move, 
don?t do it,  I pray

He takes his hand off me
and says he's awfully sorry
I peel my hand from his arm
Did I cause him any harm

He is so kind and he's so sweet 
I?ve lost all sense of who I am
I find myself under his spell
But here they come a Peruvian Pipe Band 
And now I really am in hell.


Don't know what I'm doing
or what anyone will say
but I screwed up my courage
& followed him onto the A