The Subway Express



[Verse]
 * (Boy) It was in no sheltered nook
 * It was by no babbling brook
 * when romantic'lly we met.
 * (Girl) Ah, the scene I can't forget
 * we were thrown together in the Subway Express.


 * (Boy) You were clearly all at sea
 * As you wildly clutched at me,
 * When around that curve we swung.
 * (Girl) Yes, and though I'd lost my tongue
 * I made a hit with you, you must confess.


 * (Boy) Yes you hit me in the back,
 * and as around and round you flew
 * I inquired if I could tender a supporting arm to you.
 * (Girl) To which I answered "No, Sir!"
 * when the guard yelled "Move up closer"
 * And clearly there was nothing else to do.

[Refrain]
 * (Boy) We first met down at Spring Street
 * and then up on my word.
 * (Girl) I felt I'd known you all my life
 * when we reached Twenty Third.
 * (Boy) You won my heart at Harlem
 * (Girl) At the Bronx I murmured yes,
 * (Both) We lost no time in that hour sublime
 * On the Subway Express.

[Verse]
 * (Boy) When Grand Central hove in view
 * Do you recollect how you wildly reaching for that strap
 * (Girl) Tumbled in that fat man's lap
 * what a situation for a Girlie was that?
 * (Boy) As you sat upon his knee
 * How I wished that I were he,
 * But I helped you to your feet.
 * (Girl) And the fat man held his seat
 * I crushed him and I also crushed his hat.


 * (Boy) As ostensibly we read the signs of breakfast food and ham
 * If we weren't in a pickle, we were clearly in a jam.
 * (Girl) 'Twas more like an excursion;
 * Or just another version
 * Of Mary and her faithful little Lamb.