Ozzie Williams - The Toronto Subway Song

{Verse 1}
Now have you heard what’s going on in Toronto?
They’re digging deeper, deeper, deeper every day
Though proprietors are raving while they’re tearing up the paving
The racket is nerve-wracking, so they say
And though the noise may be distressing, so construction is progressing
And we can’t afford a further delay
So with the help of you and me and the blessed T.T.C
We’ll soon have a real subway

{Chorus}
Yes, we’re gonna have a subway in Toronto
Wе gotta get the working man home pronto
So bеar the noise with a smile and in a little while
We’ll be riding in a new subway

{Verse 2}
Now it’s generally conceded that a subway here is needed
For the people have to get to work each day
We have men in Deseronto, girls who live in North Toronto
And to all of them we have just this to say:
Modern history’s in the making with this hallowed undertaking
And Rome wasn’t built in a day
You may find it’s aggravating, but be sure it’s worth the waiting
For we’ll soon have a real subway

{Chorus}
Yes, we’re gonna have a subway in Toronto
We gotta get the working man home pronto
So bear the noise with a smile and in a little while
We’ll be riding in a new subway

{Verse 3}
Now with modern engineering dear old Yonge Street’s disappearing
By the truckload they are hauling it away (INTERJECTION: Stay away!)
Excavation so extensive will doubtless be expensive
But who cares about expenses anyway? (INTERJECTION: anyway)
Though we may have open Sundays there are plenty of blue Mondays
When the pile drivers start every day
The workmen do the swearing while the public do the staring
And we’ll soon have a real subway. (INTERJECTION: Yes, sir!)

{Chorus}
Yes, we’re gonna have a subway in Toronto
We gotta get the working man home pronto
So bear the noise with a smile and in a little while
We’ll be riding in a new subway

Don’t take the streetcar
Riding in a new subway!