… Read Full Bio ↴Ian Dury (1942-2000) was an English singer, songwriter, and bandleader.
Born on 12th May 1942, he is best known as founder and lead singer of the British band Ian Dury and the Blockheads, though he began his musical career in pub-rock act Kilburn & the High Roads. He wrote many famous songs including "Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick", "What a Waste", and "Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll". He died on 27th March 2000.
At the age of seven, Dury contracted polio; very likely, he believed, from a swimming pool at Southend on Sea during the 1949 polio epidemic. After six weeks in a full plaster cast in Truro hospital, he was moved to Black Notley Hospital, Braintree, Essex, where he spent a year and a half before going to Chailey Heritage Craft School, East Sussex, in 1951. Chailey was a school and hospital for disabled children, and believed in toughening them up, contributing to the observant and determined person Dury became.
Waiting for Your Taxi
Ian Dury Lyrics
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Waiting for your taxi
Which taxi never comes
Waiting for your taxi
The lyrics of Ian Dury & The Blockheads’ “Waiting for your taxi” describe an impatient and frustrated individual waiting for a taxi that never arrives. The chorus, which repeats over and over again, echoes the monotony and hopelessness of waiting for something that may never come. The use of repetition throughout the song emphasizes how endless and tiring this waiting game can be.
The verses of the song also paint a picture of the singer's surroundings while they wait. They describe the weather outside, the noise of a nearby radio, and a music venue where the singer apparently just emerged from. The singer seems to be desperately trying to pass the time, making small talk with a stranger, but ultimately feeling stranded and hopeless. All the while, they are still waiting for their elusive taxi.
The overall mood of the song is somber and melancholic, capturing the feelings of anxiety and uncertainty that arise when we are forced to wait for something that is out of our control. The lyrics are poignant and relatable, conveying the frustrating experience of waiting in a limbo-like state.
Line by Line Meaning
Waiting for your taxi
Anticipating for the arrival of the cab that you have ordered
Which taxi never comes
You have been waiting for a long time but the taxi doesn't seem to arrive
Waiting for your taxi
The process of waiting for the cab that you need to come and pick you up
Lyrics © DELLA BLUE MUSIC LLC, Peermusic Publishing, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: CHAS JANKEL, IAN DURY
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Collector
When the taxi starts and the horns blend in-pure heaven-I still have this on vinyl...
Sean o connor
@Mick Doyle Me too.
Mick Doyle
I still have it one vinyl too!
TheSalmuse7
More genius from The Dury. Absolutely brilliant album too! They don’t make them like this any more...
Martin Leary
Funk Heaven!
Michael Winder
dem horns!
figbat oswald
Day 6229. A prime number. All my urine til 3.00pm then dried figs fresh figs yellow apple red grapes sprouts then more urine then fresh fruit and vegetables and other foods at 7.00pm. No change.
Martin
I'm sorry, the psychiatrist is not in.