10000 Maniacs Shock On The Tube (don`t Want Love) Lyrics

Shock On The Tube (don`t Want Love) Lyrics

I was travelling home on the subway

 When this vision got on at Maida Vale

 And as I casually eyed the classifieds

 She sat down next to me

 Every head in the carriage was wondering

 I replied with a smile on my face

 And as I slipped into the arms of Morpheus

 To daydream the rest of the way

 

 She was a smooth operator

 You could see it in her dress

 I said I'd like to see you later

 But I didn't want to press

 

 I was homing like a scanner

 Did a mental strip tease

 But she knew that she was special

 And she came on like a tease

 

 Don't want love

 Just looking for happiness

 Don't want love

 Not looking for tenderness

 Don't want love

 Just looking for happiness

 Don't want love

 

 She was a headstrong woman

 With a demon in her blood

 Through the window in her eyes

 I saw fire in her soul

 And I knew if I pursued it

 My fingers would be burned

 Like a moth round a candle

 I was momentarily stunned

 

 Don't want love

 Just looking for happiness

 Don't want love

 Not looking for tenderness

 Don't want love

 Just looking for happiness

 Don't want love

 

 The carriage was spinning

 We were up on the floor

 She was whirling like a dervish

 I was whirling like a fool

 My reactions were dimming

 Like an alcoholic haze

 I could hear people clapping

 I was stumbling in a daze

 I was stumbling in a daze

 My eyes tried to focus

 I was suddenly aware

 She was newborn naked

 I was altogether bare

 There were shouts all around us

 There were clothes on the floor

 As I tried to find my senses

 I was sliding down the door

 

 Down a coal black tunnel

 I was slipping away

 Then I felt the water hit me

 And I heard somebody say

 Better get yourself together

 This is the end of the line

 When I looked for my woman

 I'd been dreaming all the time

 

 Don't want love

 Just looking for happiness

 Don't want love

 Not looking for tenderness

 Don't want love

 Just looking for happiness

 Don't want love