Shagpile Bed Lyrics

Well I flew in from out of town

Got the train in, I got the train out

I warmed myself up on the underground

I'm Heading in when they're all leaving

Sleeping in a carriage that's heaving

Just a short hop on the Bakerloo and Central lines

In the shadows of the grand empty tower

It's fountain's periodic shower

A world through a doorway well hidden from view

The Shagpile was my welcome bed

An old MCI above my head

And the circuitry to keep me warm through the night

The bands and the jingles they come and they go

The same old faces nobody knows

But the sounds that filled up the room lit up my world

The coolness and the awesome dudes

With their long hair and their giant doobs

In the haziness I forgot where I was

The tape machine's in fast rewind

I'm going mad, no I'm going blind

Gotta hold it together, don't give the game away

The Shagpile was my welcome bed

An old MCI above my head

And the circuitry to keep me warm

The power supplies were always on

The console never smelled that great

An old battle axe you love or you hate

The sound was so 'nineteen seventies'

Through the night

Well my head was still spinning when I got up from the ground

Control room was full, the client's in town

They must've wondered who the hell I was

Now you don't see the sun for days at a time

Sure ain't no fun when the music's not mine

Just second hand smoke, stale beer and wine

The Shagpile was my welcome bed

That old MCI above my head

The circuitry to keep me warm

The power supplies were always on

The console never smelled that great

An old battle axe you love or you hate

But the sound was so 'nineteen seventies'

Through the night