XTC – Shiny Cage

Hiding faces turning pages

Still they read and read

Double deckers full of smokers

Look who’s gone to seed

Well the sun’s getting higher

Think I’ll take a flyer

The thought of it’s causing me pain

Ooh! Shiny Cage

Talk a walk under the subway

See an old school chum

Window shopping for a short while

Then we’ll have some fun

Well the shops closing early

Everywhere’s deserted

Hello and down comes the rain

Oooh! Shiny Cage

We’ll do the town tonight

I know some girls then stop off for a bite

No strings to tie my kite

Well living for the night

No way to spend a life — Ooh!