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 that 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
Now 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