Lyrics to
Shock On The Tube (Don’t Want Love)

This version of Shock On The Tube (Don’T Want Love) was released by 10Cc in 1978.

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I was travelling home on the subway
When this vision got on at Maida Vale
And as I casually eyed the classifieds
She sat down next to me
Every head in the carriage was wondering
I replied with a smile on my face
And as I slipped into the arms of Morpheus
To daydream the rest of the way

She was a smooth operator
You could see it in her dress
I said I’d like to see you later
But I didn’t want to press

I was homing like a scanner
Did a mental strip tease
But she knew that she was special
And she came on like a tease

Don’t want love
Just looking for happiness
Don’t want love
Not looking for tenderness
Don’t want love
Just looking for happiness
Don’t want love

She was a headstrong woman
With a demon in her blood
Through the window in her eyes
I saw fire in her soul
And I knew if I pursued it
My fingers would be burned
Like a moth round a candle
I was momentarily stunned

Don’t want love
Just looking for happiness
Don’t want love
Not looking for tenderness
Don’t want love
Just looking for happiness
Don’t want love

The carriage was spinning
We were up on the floor
She was whirling like a dervish
I was whirling like a fool
My reactions were dimming
Like an alcoholic haze
I could hear people clapping
I was stumbling in a daze
I was stumbling in a daze
My eyes tried to focus
I was suddenly aware
She was newborn naked
I was altogether bare
There were shouts all around us
There were clothes on the floor
As I tried to find my senses
I was sliding down the door

Down a coal black tunnel
I was slipping away
Then I felt the water hit me
And I heard somebody say
Better get yourself together
This is the end of the line
When I looked for my woman
I’d been dreaming all the time

Don’t want love
Just looking for happiness
Don’t want love
Not looking for tenderness
Don’t want love
Just looking for happiness
Don’t want love

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The lyrics for Shock On The Tube (Don’T Want Love) are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1978 song by 10Cc. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Shock On The Tube (Don’T Want Love) have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Shock On The Tube (Don’T Want Love) - 10Cc and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Shock On The Tube (Don’T Want Love) by 10Cc in multiple ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Shock On The Tube (Don’T Want Love)" means the words set to the music of Shock On The Tube (Don’T Want Love), or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by 10Cc. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Shock On The Tube (Don’T Want Love) and the lyrics to Shock On The Tube (Don’T Want Love) are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of 10Cc who came here looking just for the lyrics to Shock On The Tube (Don’T Want Love), but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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