Up The Junction
The Squeeze Lyrics

I never thought it would happen
I did not expect this to happen

With me and the girl from Clapham
Me and the girl from Clapham got together

Out on the windy common
We were outside on the windy common

That night I ain't forgotten
I still remember that night

When she dealt out the rations
When she distributed the food

With some or other passions
With some other emotions

I said "you are a lady"
I told her that she was a lady

"Perhaps" she said. "I may be"
She replied saying maybe she was a lady

We moved in to a basement
We started living in a basement

With thoughts of our engagement
Thinking of our future together

We stayed in by the telly
We spent our time watching TV

Although the room was smelly
Even though the room had an unpleasant odor

We spent our time just kissing
We spent time kissing each other

The Railway Arms we're missing
We were missing going to the Railway Arms

But love had got us hooked up
But we were in love and committed

And all our time it took up
It consumed all our time

I got a job with Stanley
I got a job with Stanley

He said I'd come in handy
He said I would be useful

And started me on Monday
He asked me to start working on Monday

So I had a bath on Sunday
So I took a bath on Sunday in preparation

I worked eleven hours
I worked for eleven hours

And bought the girl some flowers
Bought some flowers for the girl

She said she'd seen a doctor
She told me that she had seen a doctor

And nothing now could stop her
Nothing could stop her now

I worked all through the winter
I worked throughout the winter

The weather brass and bitter
The weather was harsh and cold

I put away a tenner
I saved ten pounds

Each week to make her better
To support her financially

And when the time was ready
When the time was right

We had to sell the telly
We had to sell the TV

Late evenings by the fire
We spent evenings sitting by the fire

With little kicks inside her
With the baby kicking inside her

This morning at four fifty
This morning at 4:50

I took her rather nifty
I took her quickly

Down to an incubator
I took her to an incubator

Where thirty minutes later
Thirty minutes later

She gave birth to a daughter
She gave birth to a daughter

Within a year a walker
Within a year, the baby was walking

She looked just like her mother
The baby looked like her mother

If there could be another
If there could be another baby

And now she's two years older
The baby is two years old now

Her mother's with a soldier
Her mother is with a soldier

She left me when my drinking
She left me when I started drinking

Became a proper stinging
It became a problem for her

The devil came and took me
I was consumed by my addiction/problem

From bar to street to bookie
I was going to bars, streets, and bookies

No more nights by the telly
No more nights spent watching TV

No more nights nappies smelling
No more nights smelling nappies

Alone here in the kitchen
I am alone in the kitchen

I feel there's something missing
I feel like something is missing

I'd beg for some forgiveness
I would ask for forgiveness

But begging's not my business
I don't like begging

And she won't write a letter
She won't write me a letter

Although I always tell her
Even though I keep telling her

And so it's my assumption
So I assume

I'm really up the junction
I'm in a difficult situation