Story Behind The Song

Riding the subway to work and seeing a professional person,who is now homeless.The pressures of life have created an emotionally disturbed person. And it could be anyone of us.

Song Description

The song is about a professional riding the subway to work. He notices a homeless man in the same subway car. The homeless man is wearing an old business suit. He see's the man talking and yelling at a pole in the car. The professional wonder's what happened to the man.He also thinks about how close he is to being the homeless man.

Lyrics

JEROME

Good morning Jerome
Your cluttered mind won't acknowledge me
The subway car's your home
Cheap rent but the ride is not free

You missed your bath today
You never have to fight for a seat
The odor keeps them at bay
Marking territory, the smell of defeat

Were you a banker,or a lawyer,Jerome
A professional life left behind
Pressure of the middle class dream
Made you drink yourself blind

Chorus:
Take the downtown train to nowhere
Every station's just a journey in your mind
When you get to your destination
Will it reveal the man you left behind

Long,greasy hair,weather-beaten face
Scraggly beard,gingernails filled with grime
Tormented eye's locked in deaths embrace
Swollen limbs,souvenirs of street time

The blue suit,trench coat,patton shoes
What you wore when you walked away
A remnant of the corporate revenues
Content with scraps you once threw away

Who do you talk to when you embrace that pole
Are scolding society
A bloodcurdling scream out of control
Go ahead Jerome blow off some steam

Bridge:
So many nights I've spent all alone
We are not that different you and me
I'm not brave enough to leave my home
Jerome,thanks for the company

blue suit,trench coat,patton shows