Up The Junction

Manfred Mann

Days begun and people rush

Off to work by 410 bus

Open eyes and open minds

Conditioned to the daily grind



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Days begun and people rush

Off to work by 410 bus

Through the factory gates they swarm

(can't work this line out)

Overalls like uniforms

See their faces, young and old

Filling every crack and hole

Some are floating in a dream

But all go through the same routine

Drifting in a human stream



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Open eyes and open minds

Conditioned to the daily grind

Stop to lock their dreams away

There's nothing new about today

Only what the papers say…



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Lots of people down the street meet friends and say, “Hello,

It's not as hot as yesterday,

The better weather's on the way.”



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