The Uptown Train Lyrics - Joe Jackson

If I stop and think about it 

I'm either stone cold certain 

Or more inclined to doubt it 

But when you jump into the darkness 

Well, I take off my hat 

You've changed, they say 

You can know when to play or to hold 

And they think they can show all that glitters is gold 

And they don't care to go where you go 

'Cause they know you're insane 

When you change to the uptown train 

Well, I knew that you were trouble 

You were a ten time loser 

Or maybe even double 

But you pulled some kind of rabbit 

From your lil' hippie hat 

You've changed, they say 

Take it slow when you're breaking the mold 

Got to pay what you owe or be out in the cold 

And they don't care to know what you know 

Or to go through the pain 

To change to the uptown train