[ALL]
In N-Y-C
When traffic sucks
And walking blows
We're stuck with this

[LEAD]
When the crowd makes you sit wedged in some guys armpit
That's the subway
Or to read that small map you share some stranger's lap
That's the subway

Confuse me
When they have a C
Turn into an E
And announce Renovation

Or they strike
Make us take a bike
Or just take a hike
Cause they'd like more vacation

When you stand where you are thinking "How clean's this bar?"
That's the subway
When you wait down below with those smells you don't know
For that light...

When you stand with no breeze
And it smells that bad-cheese-in-the-sun way
Then you shake as it makes you go deaf from it's breaks
That's the subway

[ALL]
When some preach relig-un, cause they know we can't run
That's the subway

[LEAD]
That's the subway

[ALL]
When a baby that cries wakes up two homeless guys
That's the subway

[LEAD]
Yes, the subway

[WOMEN]
When you wait...

[MEN]
And you wait and wait...

[WOMEN]
And you wait and wait...

[MEN]
Through the next free election

[WOMEN]
Car Inspection - car inspection

[ALL]
Then you ride

[WOMEN]
But you could have cried
Because you decide

[MEN]
This side's not your direction

[CONDUCTOR]
Track correction

[ALL]
When - the -
Intercom voice sounds like "Mmmmph Aarb Mmnnnmp Fwwwf"

[LEAD]
That's the subway

[ALL]
That's the subway

When you step over rats and it's still two buck flat
That's not right...

[LEAD]
When the size of it means
We get crammed like sardines
In a tub way

Sit and stare
Pull your hair
Say a prayer

[ALL]
We don't care
It's the subway

[LEAD]
The what-way?

[ALL]
That's the subway