Concrete Jungle (Subway Station) Lyrics

Goin' down to the tunnel of hurt

My headphones playing Downtown Dirt

Hot and sticky seedy grime

In the subway station one more time

The subway system can't be beat

For some it is their destiny

To ride the rails everyday

To go somewhere else and get their pay

The entertainment's always there

And there's always time to stop and stare

At another mariachi band or the

Kids that are selling second hand

Keys or guitars and giving up

On their dreams cause they all ran out of luck

And while I watch them make their pitch

I remember life's a son of a bitch

(I don't wanna go)

To the concrete jungle

(I don't wanna go)

To the concrete jungle

(I don't wanna go)

To the concrete jungle

(I don't wanna go)

And while everybody's hurrying

The tourists, they are worrying

That they're gonna get mugged stabbed or killed

But the only thing they'll get is billed

For an overpriced and a fake New York

Where the real thing is all bottled and corked

Except for those who live in the heart

Of the beast that's been killing them from the start

And as I'm waiting for the train

The smog in the air, it pounds my brain

It all feels like a hazy dream

Until the murmurs are broken by a scream

That man's gonna be run down

People learn what's happening now

An old man fell onto the rails

And he can't get up cause he's so frail

(I don't wanna go)

To the concrete jungle

(I don't wanna go)

To the concrete jungle

(I don't wanna go)

To the concrete jungle

(I don't wanna go)

(Meanwhile, back in the jungle)

I hear it coming fast and loud

The train coming in to get the crowd

I do not briefly hesitate

And I jump down too before it's too late

In one fluid motion, too

Like Whitey Ford and the way he threw

I got him up, no time to spare

All this desperation in the air

(I don't wanna go)

To the concrete jungle

(I don't wanna go)

To the concrete jungle

(I don't wanna go)

To the concrete jungle

(I don't wanna go)

I push myself onto the floor

And the people burst into a frantic roar

I saved another man's life that day

And now, the feeling, it never goes away

Adrenaline and a head full of fear

Are the only drugs people need around here

You gotta be crazy to live in the big

Apple inside the mouth of the pig