Last train, full of couples.
I shouldn’t have shouted.
Last train, full of couples.
You took drugs in the Listening Olympics.
Last train, full of couples.
There are worse things than an honest debate.
No goodbye this time?
Last train, full of couples.
All stations
to the end of the line.

Last train, full of couples.
You’ll be home I guess.
Last train, full of couples.
These two aren’t speaking but she’s staying close.
Last train, full of couples.
Alright we disagree - on faith and the shimmering law.
Is that a High Court crime?
Last train, full of couples.
All stations
to the end of the line.

Last train full of couples.
You’ll still be awake.
Last train, full of couples.
Red bra straps and a silver stud.
Last train, full of couples.
Roman earrings, stolen within a week.
Minerva, in her prime.
Last train, full of couples.
All stations
to the end of the line.

Last train, first train - midnight’s delivered
its prizewinning song.
The passengers are passionate,
they’re clutching and clinging.
The ticket collector’s singing
“Let’s Get It On.”

Last train, full of couples.
Your eyes – surely closed by now.
Last train, full of couples.
You always sleep with conviction.
Last train, full of couples.
Tattoos on my shoulder, a birthmark on your thigh –
everything’s flames to me.
Last train, full of couples.
Kids and pensioners travel free.