Basingstoke
(This fits to a well known Paul Simon tune)
I'm sitting on a railway station
Got a ticket for my destination.
But what a service I've been sold
I'm sitting here and growing old
Three hours have gone since I've been told
A bus will take me from the cold...
From Basingstoke
That's where I
am
Basingstoke.
Hell - where the trains are cocked up
Hell - where the loos are locked up
Hell - where a drunk has chucked
up...
Violently near me.
Every day trip out for beer
Always seems to end up here.
Herded from the train like sheep
The hours slowly by do creep
I'll miss that bus if I fall asleep
And it makes me want to weep...
In Basingstoke
That's where I
am
Basingstoke.
Hell - where the trains are cocked up
Hell - where the loos are locked up
Hell - where a drunk has chucked
up...
Violently near me.
Tonight I'll sing my songs again
Drink my beer and pretend.
Engineering works were yesterday
Tonight I'm going all the way
By train after a perfect day
This time I'm going to get away...
From Basingstoke
That's where I
am
Basingstoke.
Hell - where the trains are cocked up
Hell - where the loos are locked up
Hell - where a drunk has chucked
up...
Violently near me.
Violently near me.
And it's all true
© Victoria Dennis 1996