Flashman's in the belfry he's shouting as loud as he can Samson's up all night again, talking about himself - what a wonderful man ! And I'm just wild about Ronnie and Ronnie's just wild about me I saw him selling winter coats on the Portobello Road I thought I bet he wishes he was really working for the NME
When the gang came down here again and they're phoning up Australia and they're scaring all my friends and they all just want to look like Richard Hell and Tom Verlaine Some of my best friends are trains
Steven's in a sweat - he just can't read Kerouac books and Robin's all excuses, says he can't much but he does look He goes up to the playfair He goes down with the stars He goes wild of a weekend in a girlfriend's car And he calls me from Chelsea and he says it's such a thrill I don't believe a word but he keeps me talking till...
The gang come down here again and they're phoning up Australia and they're scaring all my friends and they all just want to look like Richard Hell and Tom Verlaine Some of my best friends are trains
And did you ever have one of those days when the world is wide open and you can do anything and you can go anywhere and you don't have to think about who you'll offend every time that you even blink I'm going to the station where a big red train is waiting to take me to the country again and you'll call from Yonkers but why should I care It'll ring and ring for days and days but I won't be there...
When the gang comes down here again and they're phoning up Australia and scaring all my friends and they all just want to look like Hell and Verlaine Some of my best friends are trains