She wore purple, she wore black
She wore Big Electric Cat
She sucks her cheeks in, she never smiles
Calling all stations on a Cityhopper
Everybody loves a happy shopper
And I would walk 500 miles

For Bobby Shaftoe's off the rails
His silver's buckled, now his train has failed
He'll turn up at a car boot sale
This is your captain speaking
With your odds, your bods, your tongs and your crew
And your pieces of eight and your 'Travel ten blue'
Well there ain't no cure for the Summer Hill blues
That was your captain sinking

See that man dressed in black
Taking up the service slack
Bustitution drives him 'round the bend
Have you seen all the transit cops
Hanging out at the bottle shop
Raise your glass to non-existant friends

For Bobby Shaftoe's off the rails
His silver's buckled, now his train has failed
He'll turn up at a car boot sale
This is your captain speaking
With your odds, your bods, your tongs and your crew
And your pieces of eight and your 'Travel ten blue'
Well there ain't no cure for the Summer Hill blues
That was your captain sinking

She wore purple, she wore black
Busboy she won't smile back
State Transit, Feedback, Crash and Burn
All aboard the fifty-seater, 36 hours to the Happy Eater
A cheap-day single, a saturn return

For Bobby Shaftoe's off the rails
His silver's buckled, now his train has failed
He'll turn up at a car boot sale
This is your captain speaking
With your odds, your bods, your tongs and your crew
And your pieces of eight and your 'Travel ten blue'
Well there ain't no cure for the Summer Hill blues
That was your captain sinking

Bobby Shaftoe's lost at sea
With a support bandage on his knee
He'll come back to taunt me
This is your captain speaking
With your odds, your bods, your tongs and your crew
And your pieces of eight and your 'Travel ten blue'
Well there ain't no cure for the Summer Hill blues
That was your captain sinking