Jimmie Standing In The Rain Lyrics - National Ransom - Elvis Costello

Third-Class ticket in his pocket 

Punching out the shadows underneath the sockets 

Tweed coat turned up against the fog 

Slow coaches rolling o'er the moor 

Between the very memory 

And approaches of war 

Stale bread curling on a luncheon counter 

Loose change lonely, not the right amount 

Forgotten Man of an indifferent nation 

Waiting on a platform at a Lancashire station 

Somebody's calling you again 

The sky is falling 

Jimmie's standing in the rain 

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Eyes going in and out of focus 

Mild and bitter from tuberculosis 

Forgotten Man 

Indifferent nation 

Waiting on a platform at a Lancashire station 

Somebody's calling you again 

The sky is falling 

Jimmie's standing in the rain 

Her soft breath was gentle on his neck 

If he could choose the time to die 

Then he would come and go like this 

Underneath a painted sky 

She woke up and called him "Charlie" by mistake 

And then in shame began to cry 

Tarnished silver band peals off a phrase 

And then warms their hands around the brazier 

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Forgotten Man 

Indifferent nation 

Waiting on a platform at a Lancashire station 

Somebody's calling you again 

It's finally dawning 

Jimmie's standing in the rain 

Brilliantine glistening 

Your soft plaintive whistling 

And your wan wandering smile 

Died down at The Hippodrome 

Now you're walking off to jeers, the lonely sound of jingling spurs, the "toodle-oos" and "Oh, my dears" down at "The Argyle" 

Vile vaudevillians applaud sobriety 

There's no place for a half-cut cowboy in polite society 

Forgotten Man 

Indifferent nation 

Waiting on a platform at a Lancashire station 

Somebody's calling you again 

It's finally dawning 

Jimmie's standing in the rain