Subway Man

He's getting on the subway and he finds himself a seat
He's going up 100 and 25th Street
There's no one around him
He's just one of the guys
He's working on the night shift and he closes his eyes

Chorus:
How you doing, subway man?
What you thinking riding alone?
Where you going, subway man?
Are you going on home?

Well, when he was a young boy, he dreamed all the time
The world was to conquer the mountains to climb
But now he's forgotten how high was the sky
He gets on the subway and he closes his eyes

Repeat Chorus

He don't see the papers that lit on the floor
He don't see the cushions of old broken straws
Fan turning slowly; the station is in miles
Through miles and miles and nothing and he closes his eyes

His morning and his evenings, each day is like the last
His wife is home waiting; she's forgotten the past
She'll know he stopped dreaming, changing their lives
But what does she see when she looks in his eyes?

He's a king of subway man
Walking through the dreams I've flown
Dreams that - oh, no
Subway man, are you going on home, going on home?

Repeat Chorus

Are you going on home?
Are you going on home?