Jimmie Standing in the Rain Elvis Costello

[Verse 1]
Third class ticket in his pocket
Punching out the shadows underneath the socket
Tweed coat turned up against the fog
Slow coaches rolling o'er the moor
Between the very memory and approaches of war
Stale bread curling on a luncheon counter
Loose change lonely, not the right amount

[Chorus]
Forgotten man of an indifferent nation
Waiting on a platform at a Lancashire station
Somebody's calling you again, the sky is falling
Jimmie's standing in the rain

[Verse 2]
Nobody wants to buy a counterfeited
Prairie lullaby in a colliery town
The hip flask and fumbled skein with
Some stage door Josephine is all he'll get now
Eyes going in and out of focus
Mild and bitter from tuberculosis

[Chorus]
Forgotten man, indifferent nation
Waiting on a platform at a Lancashire station
Somebody's calling you again, the sky is falling
Jimmie's standing in the rain