Subway is a 1985 French film directed by Luc Besson, starring Isabelle Adjani and Christopher Lambert and is part of the Cinema du look movement.
Having stolen some compromising documents, a man known as Fred (Lambert) takes refuge in the underground world of the Paris Métro. While the henchmen of the gangster owner of the documents chase him, Fred develops a relationship with the gangster's young trophy wife Héléna (Adjani) who is bored with her gilded-caged life.
Fred decides to form a band and perform in the subway. Among the band members are the Drummer (played by Jean Reno) and the Bass Player (Éric Serra).
At a performance with the newly formed band (where Fred has paid off the actual performers at an announced concert with money from a robbery and put his band in their place) he is shot by the henchmen of Héléna's husband before she can reach him to warn him of the approaching danger. The film ends with her kneeling beside him, Fred lying on his back looking content and singing along to the band playing in the background. The ending is left open as to what actually happens in the growing love relation between Fred and Helena — and to whether he survives.
it was five o'clock 'cause i checked my watch
when i woke back up on the subway
and i missed my stop it was 10 blocks back
but i liked my seat so i kept it
and i'm still surprised that you stayed with me
'till my first mistake of the century
it was so extreme i controlled my dreams
Old Lady: Excuse Me.
Hip Dude: Watch it, lady!
Old Lady: Pardon me, sonny!
(music plays a little louder now as he sings to the camera)
Hip Dude: Down below the street
Can you dig the steady beat?
It's the subway
All: Subway!
Bert: Moving right along
Hear the rhythm loud and strong
It's the subway
All: Subway!
Man With Mustache: 'Cause there isn't any room in this town
Prairie Dawn: They put all the trains down under the ground
Cop: Buy a token now
For a ride that's super-wow
On the subway
All: Subway!
(scene changes to inside the subway train as they all cram in, Bert's hanging onto a strap)
All: (talking at once)
Bert: Uh, excuse me...
Lady in Fur: You should say you're sorry!
Bert: Hi, Kermit.
Man With Mustache: Squeeze inside the door
Little Boy: There's no room for any more
Both: On the subway
All: Subway!
Hip Dude: Hang onto the strap
Lady: Wonder where they hid the map?
Both: On the subway
All: Subway!
Prairie Dawn: If you’re in a hurry take the express
Kermit: It will go right by your local address
Red-Haired Man With Mustache: Swaying to and fro
It's the only way to go
On the subway
All: Subway!
Ohhhhh..... (sounds like the sound a train makes when it passes by)
Kermit: My stop just went by
All: Ohhhhh...
Prairie Dawn: Hey, your thumb’s in my eye
All: Ohhhhh....
Hip Dude: It’s so hot, I could die
All: Anyway, everyway, anywhere
Bert: Packed inside a train
It’s too crowded to complain
On the subway
All: Subway!
Old Woman: You could lose your purse
Or you might lose something worse
On the subway
All: Subway!
Hip guy: It’s the biggest travel bargain in town
Yet Another Woman: The longest running show underground
Man With Mustache: Come on, slip inside
You'll get taken for a ride
On the subway
Kermit: Where's that?
All: On the subway!
(for some reason, some of them begin to dance with each other!)
Prairie Dawn: If you’re in a hurry, take the express
Kermit: It will go right by your local address
All: Buy a token now
For a ride that’s super-wow
On the subway!
On the subway!
On the subway!
On the subway!
On the subway!
Ohhhh.....
(the train stops and everyone piles out, except Bert and the Cop)
It's like there's a straight way
You know, you know
I've told you before it's as thin as ice
As thin as the razor snow
Don't freeze in the snow
Don't bake in the heat
I'll be your breath
There's a place where we can meet
There's a place where we can meet
There's a place where we can meet
Use me
Don't sleep in the subway
Don't sleep in the pouring rain
Use me
Don't sleep in the subway
Don't sleep in the pouring rain
Be my voice in my midnight meditation
When I wake, be my heart's flotation
Come and fill, come and fill from the overflow
Come and play, come and play, be like a bird
Don't sleep in the subway, I'm, I'm needing you
Well I, I feel you, you're closing down, yeah
Get close, talk right through me
Get close, keep tight with me
If you fall now it could be forever
I'm telling you the line is thin now
I've told you before this hate is a sin
Empty out for the overflow, let love begin
Don't sleep in the subway
Don't sleep in the pouring rain
Don't sleep in the subway
Don't sleep in the pouring rain
There's a place where we can meet
There's a place where we can meet
There's a place where we can meet
Every day is not a holiday
My life’s like a subway
Oh I know this love don’t last
Look at me tell me what you see
Do you believe this love is real
Oh I know this love don’t last
I have come from faraway
To see this go down the drain
I have waited patiently
And this is what I get
Emotionally failing me
My whole wild world is caving in
I'm not so free to express myself
but The woman in me
o o o don’t fade away
My mama say baby be careful
If any body comes to say I love o o o
My papa say baby I warn you
If anybody comes to say I love you
Now you asking me to trust you
Tell me how am I supposed to
When I know this love don’t last
Could this be the kind of love ?
That my mum use to warn me about How will I know
that this love will last.
I have come from far away
To see this go down the drain
I have got so much to give
But I don’t know what I’ll get
Emotionally failing me
My whole wild world is caving in
I try so hard to express my self
but The woman in me don’t fade away.
My mama say baby be careful
If any body comes to say I love o o o
My papa say baby I warn you
If anybody comes to say I love you
Yeah Yeah
My mama say baby be careful
If any body comes to say I love o o o
My papa say baby I warn you
The subway car smells like an animal's cage
And don't you feel like the captain riding in a rage
Oh the city's sweet as cider...sours with age
The toss between fear and freedom
Looking for a familiar sign
And the man sitting next to you says "hey baby, can you spare a dime? "
Oh the city's sweet as cider... sours in time
You turn to see his pants from 1965 with the holes in the pockets
And the fly open wide
And just when he starts to make you nervous, suddenly he starts to cry
Oh the city's sweet as cider...passes some people by
And on the other side of the darkness
Where the tunnel closes inside
You can only come out even in this town
But girl, you have come out alright
Oh the city's sweet as cider...isn't sweet at night
Subway Some kind of people don't understand
I've got to turn to the sun
I've got the upper hand
When the world turns around
It turns it turns for you
I guess a whole lotta loving
Don't mean a thing
You gotta stand other people
Don't shout and sing
And when the fight comes to run
It runs and runs for you
I guess that all that I can say
Is just I've gotta have my way
And there's nothing that you can't see through
And there's nothing left for me to do
Funny it's true
I've gotta get get you
And the world it turns
And the fire burns and burns
And all the sickest people die in the flames
And all the twist and turns
And all the twisted suns
ooh, take me to the subway
It ain't far away, but the night is mine, like it fine, gonna stay
See you in the morning, gotta rush, et a bus, make a fuss
Gimme some loving in the morning
Ooh, she makes me feel so good, instant reaction and ready for love [Geez!]
I got no work, no sweat, no strain
I got to make it to the midnight train
so take me to the subway
Ooh, city life is bittersweet
I don't care, take me there on the sstreet, freedom in the city
Gotta ride, goin' down underground, watch me slide, loving in the city
OOh, she makes me so complete, heavy in love and light on my feet
I got no work, no sweat, no strain
I got to make it to the midnight train
So take me to the subway
ooh take me to the subway.
ooh, take me to the subway
It ain't far away, but the night is mine, like it fine, gonna stay
See you in the morning, gotta rush, et a bus, make a fuss
Gimme some loving in the morning
Ooh, she makes me feel so good, instant reaction and ready for love [Geez!]
I got no work, no sweat, no strain
I got to make it to the midnight train
so take me to the subway
Ooh, city life is bittersweet
I don't care, take me there on the sstreet, freedom in the city
Gotta ride, goin' down underground, watch me slide, loving in the city
OOh, she makes me so complete, heavy in love and light on my feet
I got no work, no sweat, no strain
I got to make it to the midnight train
So take me to the subway
I lost you on the subway car,
Got caught without my metro card.
I waited and I waited for the express train,
Wanna catch up to you wherever you are.
I waited and I waited
I waited and I waited
I waited and I waited
I waited and I waited
And it was hot
And when it stopped.
It was metal on the mental,
It was somethin' in my heart.
It was metal on the mental,
It was somethin' in my heart.
Got on the train and I took a seat,
Thought why all these people all watching me.
Caught my reflection in the subway car,
Thought look at you whoever you are.
I waited and I waited
I waited and I waited
I waited and I waited
I waited and I waited
And it was cool,
And when it stopped.
It was metal on the mental,
It was somethin' in my heart.
Metal on the mental,
It was somethin' in my heart.
Well, I got, I got, I got, I got,
Got off, got off, on you.
Well, I got, I got, I, got,
Got off, got off, got off, on you.
Well, I got, got off, I got,
Got off, got off, got off, on you.
I got, I got, I got,
Got off, got off, got off, on you.
It was metal on the mental,
It was somethin' in my heart.
It was metal on the mental,
No walls to keep you in
No one to answer to
Or ask where you've been
(Or ask where you've been)
No job to tie you down
No address so you can't get lost
Or be found
(Be found, or be found)
All alone in a crowded street
At the level of passing feet
So many feet
(So many feet)
Watching a race run by
Cage bird, a need to fly
Freedom in the mind's eyes
(Mind's eyes)
Looking into the pavement crack
At the grass bursting back
Under your feet
(Under your feet)
Some wave
You're here too late
While keeping a world happy
With all hell to pay
But hey
(But hey)
It's just another day
In paradise
If you find a penny in the street
Pick it up, may it bring you luck
And before you meet
(Before you meet)
May you find yourself freedom
In this garden of Eden
And pray
(And pray)
Grant you another day
In paradise
In paradise
I wonder what goes on
I wonder what I€ find
Behind all the eyes
behind all the eyes
I wonder who lives there
Beyond the walls of lies
I see the hurt and the drain
I see the lost and the gain
Then I wonder what they all do
(I wasn˜ listening to you)
When they go home
(I wasn˜ hearing a word of it!)
Where are they goin to?
Are they going blind?
(I was stone I was shot)
Well I don˜ know anymore
I can˜ know anymore
Cuz I cannot control
What isn˜ mine
I see the wrinkles and veins
I see the broken dreams and pain
I›e wondered ever since birth
I›e wondered what is worth!
Yeah and when I looked yo the door
It- what I saw
And I saw you
As your stare tears thru my eyeballs
I wanna rip-rip into you
Well do they wonder of me?
(I wasn˜ listening to you)
So I sit back and focus on
(I wasn˜ hearing a word of it!)
What- mine!
(I was stone I was shot)
Excuse me, excuse me!
Are you listening to me?
This is my stop
And I gotta get out!
I gotta get out!
I gotta get out!
Getting a job in a subway
I'll be making it work someday
Only been busking a week
I've been knocked right off my feet
I've got a railway woman wanting me
I've got a preacher teaching chastity
All sorts breathing over me
Blind to the course of my destiny
Playing my guitar while singing in your company –
talking to me
People like never before
Have been shouting out for more
Just like the painter trying to capture me
Though the picture is quite clear it seems
I won't need my clothes as she
Stretches her canvas underneath
Playing my guitar and singing in her company – calling
to me
Trying to strike up conversation
Following the line to another station
Giving a smile as you're passing by me
Loving all the while, living in your company
Getting a job in a subway
I'll be making it work someday
Things I could never foresee
Have been happening to me
Like all the strange policemen questionings
About my active part in felonies
Caution but just let me be
All of the time, well it's clear to see
I've been playing my guitar and singing in your company
There's no word or explanation
Moving me along to a different station
All I seem to have is a pound upon me
Adding it all up with loving in your company
They don't understand they will understand just nothing
It's a waste of time wanting
It's a waste of time knowing
It's a waste of time talking
I mustn't try to change
I have my own time
What everybody needs
Is a little peace of mind
People would never believe
What's been dropping at my feet
All kinds of drugs like hash and ecstasy
Drunken females jewellery
With the promises they'll do to me
All of these things I may never have seen
But for playing my guitar and singing in your company
Do do do do, do do do do
Do do do do, do do do do
I was riding on the e-train
I was whistling to the rhythm
I was thinking about my live-in
I was feeling pretty fine
I asked the time
Got a poke in the eye
When I read the latest news
How we can't believe he wore those shoes
Should we have the man impeached
Or should we shoot him in the foot
Well you waste my time
You waste my time
Looking for two hundred ways to hang a guy
Allegations
Interrogations
Investigations
Then more taxation
National past time is aggrivation
I think I'll move out to a desert isle
Just for a while
To avoid all that's distracting
Like newspapers and magazines
Insipid propagandizing
To tell me what a loser I've elected
But you've neglected to tell the truth
That your politics is tied around his foot
And we too are dangling
Do you think that we are crazy
Low I.Q., that we are lazy
That we sit here watching sitcoms
That we have no clue to what is going on
Well you got that wrong
Wait and see, the boom will fall
The morning eggs will hit the wall
And everyone I know will call
To say that change is hanging in the air
You'd best beware
You'll wake up and average Joe is in your chair
Just because he'd kinda like to do what's right
I love summer rain I like to leave on the evening train I love spring Makes me fall in love with you again I like the sound of the sea When it's only the ocean and me
I love the city when it's half empty And I love you when your with me I love the colors of july I like October, when it's dry I love your kisses when I leave You close your eyes like you don't wanna see
SUBWAY
By: Madiona Caesar
VERSE
Sometimes I get so frustrated tryin’ to show that over and over again
Love is precious but we keep misapplyin’. It makes me wonder how our story will end
So many people with closed minds and selfishness
Its hard to understand… what are we doin’ and when can the love begin
Where did the love, where did the love, where did the love
Where did the, where did the, where did the
Where did the love go?
VERSE II
A woman on the metro was yelling and screamin’ at her little boy and her girl
A random man got involved I heard him tellin’ her that she was the worst mother in the world
The young man right beside me looked frightened as this girl told him all she’d seen
His boy was badly beaten while he was fightin’ why is it life doesn’t mean a thing
So many people go through life hope shattered because
We just can’t seem to be selfless when its time to love
CHORUS
The love
We need the love
Unselfish love
The kind that makes you feel like you’ve been loved
We need the love
Unselfish love
Where did the love go
VERSE III
Yesterday I saw a young woman crying, she had bruises all over her face
Some people standing by her were tryin’ to help her but she only pushed them away
She said the reason for her pain was so personal and yeah sometimes maybe
He gets angry but she still believes its love
BRIDGE
And I need to know
How did we get here
Where did the love go (go, go, go)
Where did the love go
CHORUS (repeat)
AD LIBS
Where did the love go
Love
We gotta give ourselves a chance
There’s always hope for the future you may not see it but it’s true
Let’s give ourselves a chance