John Schumann of Redgum fame with new group John Schumann and the Vagabond Crew from the album "Lawson" http://www.schumann.com.au/john/ Em G At suburban railway stations you may see them as you pass, D Am There are signboards on the window saying, Wait here second class; Em G And to me the whir and thunder and the clunk of running gear, D Am Seem to be forever saying, saying Second class wait here Em Wait here second class Second Class wait here Em G Yes the second class were waiting in the days of serf and prince, D Am And the second class are waiting, they've been waiting ever since, Em G There are signboards in the background, and the line is bare and drear, D Am Yet they wait beneath a signboard, sneering Second class wait here. Em Wait here second class Second Class wait here Em G I have waited often in the winter, in the mornings dark and damp, D Am When the asphalt platform glistened underneath that lonely lamp, Em G And I waited there and I suffered, and I waited there for many a year, D Am Slaved beneath the signboards, sneering Second class wait here. Em/D/Em/G/Em/D/Em/G Em G Oh! A man must feel revengeful for a boyhood such as mine, D Am God! I hate the very houses near the workshop by the line; Em G And the smell of railway stations and the roar of running gear, D Am And the scornful-sneering signboards, saying Second class wait here. Em Wait here second class Second Class wait here Em/D/Em/G/Em/D/Em/G Em D There's a train with Death for a driver, that is ever going past, C Em There will be no class compartments when it's All aboard at last; Em D For the long white jasper platform with an Eden in the rear; C Em And there won't be any signboards saying - Second class wait here. Em Wait here second class Second Class wait here Em/D/Em/G/Em/D/Em/G