This version of The Elevator was released by Ub40 in 1986.
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1st floor decide what you’ll be one day
With a head full of comment and nothing to say
2nd floor mixed up it happens that way
Soon you realize that listening don’t pay
3rd floor in limbo, no easy moves
Up or down it’s time to choose
The elevators going up
Quick the door’s about to shut
Too late we’re full just hang around
It won’t be long – it won’t be long before it’s down
4th floor the job hunt and all that you ask
Is an honest day’s pay for an honest day’s graft
5th floor you may make a little more money
Now it’s apparent downstairs ain’t so funny
6th floor a mortgage, a collar and tie
2 weeks vacation in june or july
7th floor expenses and private schools
Pushing a pen you’re not turning the tools
8th floor position, respect and acclaim
Move up the 9th for fortune or fame
10th floor for investment and real estate
Recouping the redies before it’s too late
11th floor the penthouse the final cut
With a head full of comment and a mouth that stays shut
Ub40 has released many songs over the years besides
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- Burden Of Shame (1980)
- Food For Thought (1980)
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- Little By Little (1980)
- Madame Medusa (1980)
- Strange Fruit (1980)
- Tyler (1980)
- Don’t Let It Pass You By (1981)
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- Don’t Slow Down (1981)
- Lamb’s Bread (1981)
- One In Ten (1981)
- Present Arms (1981)
- Sardonicus (1981)
- Silent Witness (1981)
- Don’t Do The Crime (1982)
- Folitician (1982)
- Forget The Cost (1982)
- I Won’t Close My Eyes (1982)
- Love Is All Is Alright (1982)
- So Here I Am (1982)
- The Key (1982)
- The Piper Calls The Tune (1982)
- The Prisoner (1982)
- Cherry Oh Baby (1983)
- Guilty (1983)
- Johnny Too Bad (1983)
- Keep On Moving (1983)
- Many Rivers To Cross (1983)
- Please Don’t Make Me Cry (1983)
- Red Red Wine (1983)
- She Caught The Train (1983)
- Sweet Sensation (1983)
- Version Girl (1983)
- As Always You Were Wrong Again (1984)
- D.U.B. (1984)
- I’m Not Fooled So Easily (1984)
- If It Happens Again (1984)
- Riddle Me (1984)
- Seasons (1984)
- The Pillow (1984)
- You’re Not An Army (1984)
- Your Eyes Were Open (1984)
- Demonstrate (1985)
- Don’t Break My Heart (1985)
- Fight Fe Come In (1985)
- Hip Hop Lyrical Robot (1985)
- Hold Your Position (1985)
- I Got You Babe (1985)
- Lyric Officer (1985)
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