'Going Underground'

My last entry on this week's self appointed song challenge. I'd wanted to get a song in by The Jam (was originally thinking 'English Rose') but as it's been raining here all day (not to mention we don't have any roses in bloom) I knew it had to be an inside blip. So here's my London Underground tea caddy, side light by a magnetic LED.

'Going Underground' was The Jam's first UK #1 hit - all the way back in 1980 when I was just a lad - and it's always been one of my favourite songs. Today, what with all that's going on in the mad, mad world, its lyrics seem to resonate more than ever:

Some people might say my life is in a rut,
But I'm quite happy with what I got
People might say that I should strive for more,
But I'm so happy I can't see the point.
Somethings happening here today
A show of strength with your boy's brigade and,
I'm so happy and you're so kind
You want more money - of course I don't mind
To buy nuclear textbooks for atomic crimes
And the public gets what the public wants
But I want nothing this society's got.
I'm going underground, going underground
Well the brass bands play and feet start to pound
Going underground, going underground
Well let the boys all sing and the boys all shout for tomorrow
Some people might get some pleasure out of hate
Me, I've enough already on my plate
People might need some tension to relax
[Me?] I'm too busy dodging between the flak
What you see is what you get
You've made your bed, you better lie in it
You choose your leaders and place your trust
As their lies wash you down and their promises rust
You'll see kidney machines replaced by rockets and guns
And the public wants what the public gets
But I don't get what this society wants
I'm going underground
We talk and talk until my head explodes
I turn on the news and my body froze
The braying sheep on my TV screen
Make this boy shout, make this boy scream!
Going underground, I'm going underground!

It's a crazy world out there. Take care everyone.

In the meantime, sing along with Paul, Bruce and Rick.