The Subway

Lyrics

[Verse 1] To be sure I only wanted to go to the Upper West Side Where I could feel nature and watch the stars shine I could see that one star of first magnitude Somewhere in the heavens, somewhere above us But I was never really ready for that ride That rollercoaster, rattling, Gatling gun ride On that long serpentine subterranean train For which the Big Apple is so famous [Chorus] Ah, get off your high horse And when the hell did you get knighted anyway? He not gonna just take you And bring you back to the same station someday And no knight in shining armor Gonna ride you as well as this train [Verse 2] So I start my slow descent past peripheral players Seeking creature comforts huddled 'gainst the cold Past the turnstile jumpers handcuffed to the fanfare Of those who risk their lives for control Down the long corridors with the long empty bottles That Wild Irish Rose and that Danny Boy Thunderbird And past the urinal stalls and the dried vomit smells That make me aware of all my senses [Chorus] Ah, get off your high horse And when the hell did you get knighted anyway? He not gonna just take you And bring you back in one piece someday And no knight in shining armor Gonna ride you as well as this train [Verse 3] And next the thundering train with its high-pitched scream And the brakes screech and the doors swallow me The off-duty prostitute, the codger with his zipper undone Awakes from his business-section dream The three-card monte players home from the park And the banker who's afraid of sitting alone in the dark And the junkie who laughs at their small-stakes game And the stupid young girl with her solid gold chain [Chorus] Ah, get off your high horse And when the hell did you get knighted anyway? He not gonna just love you And bring you back in one piece someday And no knight in shining armor Gonna ride you as well as this train [Guitar Solo] [Verse 4] Well, my ride is almost over and it doesn't take long To see where I'm going and where I'm going wrong Better to see the blind leading the blind Than to wish upon a star that's far too bright As I climb out of this hellhole one level to the next I see a young singer who is in love with his text And I leave him to fight his battles of recognition He's so in love with himself he got no competition [Chorus] Ah, get off your high horse And when the hell did you get knighted anyway? He not gonna just love you And bring you back in one piece someday And no knight in shining armor Gonna ride you as well as this train I said no knight in shining armor Gonna ride you as well as this train And no knight in shining armor Gonna ride you as well as this train