Check out the girl in the Harbor Tunnel
Crawling to work six feet under
And the day has barely begun

They're all chewing gum

And laughing at the voice on the crackling radio station

Lead us not into Penn Station
Cause the best part's just begun
We're all becoming one again


And she's making the scene
With the coffee and cream

And the copy machine's not working
She's a hell of a girl
She's alone in the world

And she likes to say hey good lookin'
She's on her way
She's taking a sick day..soon


And here is the man pushing paper past her
Thinks up ways to make the day go faster

But the day goes on and on
He dreams of his lawn


And all about
the pretty careerist
the next cube over

The fat secretary,
the lunchtime lovers
'Til the path train finally comes

The platform's full of bums again

And she's making the scene

With the coffee and cream
And the copy machine's not working
She's a hell of a girl

She's alone in the world
And she likes to say hey good lookin'
She's on her way

She's taking a sick day..soon

And she's taking her time

As she's tossing a dime
At the man in the cardboard coffin
It doesn't have to be fine

She's ahead of the line
And doesn't have to be here too often
She's making a play

She's taking a sick day..soon