Subway Train - Johnny Thunders

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Subway Train Lyrics

I can't ever understand
Why my life's been cursed, poisoned, condemned
When I been trying every night to hold you near me
But I'm telling you, it ain't easy

Ever since I been riding
Right on the subway train
You can hear the whistle blowing
You might think I'm going insane

And now your friends
They're filling up my car
But you're so busy reading Suzy says
You can't look now
You didn't see your lovers
They're all dressed in rags
You know you hid as pushing up posies
Trying to get you fed

We was all riding
Right on the subway train
And you can hear the captain shouting
He thinks I've gone insane

Cause I keep riding
Keep on riding
Cause I keep on riding, riding, riding
Keep on riding

You stop and you stare
As I'm leaving my favorite place
We have no regards
You can't find a trace
You gotta get on back to daddy
That's all it's gonna be
He got the poison black arts of the pimps
But don't you stop and stare

I seen them traveling
Right on the subway train
You can hear the captain shouting
He thinks we've all gone insane

Cause we keep on riding, riding, riding, riding
Cause we keep riding, riding, riding
Keep on riding

I think I see the train
I see you got open track

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Johnny Thunders, born John Anthony Genzale, Jr (July 15, 1952 - April 23, 1991), was a rock and roll guitarist and singer, first with the New York Dolls, the proto-punk glam rockers of the early '70s. During the late '70s, he was a familiar figure on the New York punk scene, both with The Heartbreakers and as a solo artist. His screeching, penetrating guitar sound is distinctive and highly influential in punk rock music. Thunders tangled with the demons of fame and drug addiction until his death on April 23, 1991 of a methadone overdose. Some suspect foul play. The theory is that two hustlers met Thunders in a bar and they hung out in his room where they proceeded to kill Thunders, steal his belongings, and spike him with methadone to make it seem like an overdose. This theory arose when Thunders' sister Mariann requested to see the police report and half of the report was missing. The autopsy also showed no evidence of alcohol in his system, which is perplexing because many witnesses say that they saw Thunders drinking with the two men the night before he was killed. Johnny Thunders was 38. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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