This song is a dry critique of fascism and its obsession with the strong-man, discipline, and the myth of the past. Gang of Four, a band not afraid of displaying its Marxist tendencies in their song writing, critique the ideology of aesthetics that fascists employ to gain power. Alongside the fascis...
He's become nostalgic
Wants to own tomorrow
Discipline, is his passion!
Now, he says there's none!
Outside the trains don't run on time
He believes it's not coincidence
He thinks some type will drag him down
Home - it's no castle
He wants his wife to run and fetch
Order!
He's obsessed with order, order!
Discipline, is his passion!
Now, he says there's none!
Order, his obsession!
Order, his obsession!
Now, he says there's none!
Outside the trains don't run on time
He believes it's not coincidence
He thinks some type will drag him down
Home - it's no castle
He wants his wife to run, and fetch
Order
The trains don't run on time
Nostalgia
Discipline, is his passion!
Now, he says there's none!
Outside the trains don't run on time
Outside the Trains Don’t Run on Time was written by Jon King & Andy Gill & Hugo Burnham & Dave Allen.
Outside the Trains Don’t Run on Time was produced by Jimmy Douglass & Gang of Four.