Up the Junction - Manfred Mann

Day’s begun and people rush

Off to work by 4:10 bus

Open eyes and open minds

Conditioned to the daily grind

Lots of people rush down the street (Hello)

Lots of people rush down the street (Hello)

Up the junction

Up the junction

Day’s begun and people rush

Off to work by 4:10 bus

Through the factory gates they swarm

Similar clothes by all the walls

(Overalls like uniforms)

A sea of faces, young and old

Filling every crack and hole

Some are floating in a dream

But all go through the same routine

(Drifting in the human stream)

Up the junction

Up the junction

Open eyes and open minds

Conditioned to the daily grind

Start to lock their dreams away

There’s nothing new about today

(Only what the papers say)

Up the junction

Up the junction

Lots of people rush down the street

Meet friends and say, «Hello»

«It's not as hot as yesterday

The better weather’s on the way»

Up the junction

Up the junction

Up the junction