You head underground - with the same morning crowd
Got to make work on time and so therefore
You wait by the track - take a care - watch your back
'Cause pickpockets are sure to make you poor

Now juggle your briefcase, laptop and more
The bell it rings - run 'fore they close the door

Stuck riding the subway, darling
Shrink back in the crowded train
Sit here and I feel like hurling
The underground
It smells like urine now
And boombox songs
Assault my ears once again

I wish we would start 'cos we're late to depart
Smelly bums they just have me so frustrated
The gangbangers stare - I sink back in my chair
Public transport is so overrated

Hope I can make it to my work safely
Not run afoul of some vigilante

Stuck here in the subway, darling
No peace on the crowded train
Listen to some couple quarreling
The underground
Can't read the paper now
My head it throbs
I'm needin' asp'rin again

Don't ride on the subway, darling
Don't stand in the crowded train
Is it better than traffic snarling?
The underground
Or is it safer now?
With Metro throngs
'Cos Bernie Goetz rides again?

(And fade)