Waiting For The B Train-Christine Lavin

[ti:Waiting For The B Train] [ar:Christine Lavin] [al:Please Don't Make Me Too Happy] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Waiting For The B Train - Christine Lavin [00:13.32]I dropped a token into the slot [00:15.16] [00:15.72]Pushed through the turnstile [00:17.17] [00:17.70]There was a woman at the end of the platform [00:20.00]Waiving her arms around kind of wild [00:22.33]Come here she wailed [00:23.40]There's a puppy on the rails [00:25.11]I think it has been hurt [00:26.97]I raced down to where she was pointing [00:29.45]To see a ball of fur covered with dirt [00:31.41] [00:36.19]It must be dead I said to her [00:38.06] [00:38.59]As I turned to leave [00:39.76] [00:40.27]No it's alive she cried Just before you got here [00:43.29]I swear I saw it breath [00:45.43]And I'll watch for the train if you'll jump down [00:48.05]Pick him up and hand it to me [00:49.98]If we take him to the vet if we save his life [00:52.66]Think how wonderful that'll be [00:54.98] [00:56.59]I looked into the tunnel there was no train in sight [01:00.22] [01:00.82]I looked at the furry thing sitting there a truly pitiful sight [01:05.55]Look I said I'm not sure that's a puppy [01:08.06]Could be a lice infested long haired rat [01:10.16]And it's gotta be dead so I'm not jumping down [01:12.86]And I figured that that was that [01:14.32] [01:18.52]But by now more people arrived on the platform and she said [01:21.33]Help there's a puppy on the tracks [01:23.05] [01:23.87]They looked for a moment and like true New Yorkers [01:26.05]Collectively turned their backs [01:27.80] [01:28.31]She said somebody's got to do something [01:30.78]As we slowly turned around again [01:32.92]She said someone must have the courage to save him [01:35.68]It's a puppy It's man's best friend [01:37.99] [01:39.75]Trains come through here every few minutes [01:41.91]Said a man wearing madras pants [01:43.85]And it's way too dangerous [01:45.48]You'd have to be nuts [01:46.60]To take such a foolish chance [01:48.61]But the woman was insistent in the time we've been debating [01:51.58]She said one of you could've jumped down [01:53.18] [01:53.73]Handed him to me by now that puppy could be [01:56.08]At the animal shelter 'cross town [01:58.64] [01:59.75]We felt bad but no one would do it [02:02.30]Then a transit cop appeared [02:04.35]Down at the other end of the platform [02:06.58]We all yelled hey you come here [02:08.77] [02:09.29]He ran to us I pointed to the train tracks and said [02:12.27]See that thing furry not to big [02:14.00]What do you think it is he looked and said [02:16.59] [02:17.57]What you mean that wig [02:19.29] [02:22.21]We stepped back [02:22.83] [02:23.36]A rush of embarrassment swept right through the crowd [02:26.52] [02:27.20]Accented by the blast of a train whistle [02:29.81]Approaching and growing quite loud [02:32.14]The B train flattened that furry thing [02:34.58]We got on board went on our way [02:37.18]Grateful that we did not risk our lives [02:39.55]To save a life of a wig that day [02:41.60] [02:45.74]So if you see something on the train tracks [02:47.61] [02:48.66]Take a tip from me [02:49.76] [02:50.30]Don't let anybody talk you into saving it [02:52.26]It's best to just let it be [02:54.46] [02:55.50]And if you see a person wearing [02:57.19]What looks like a puppy on their head [02:59.78]Don't call the police it's only a wig [03:02.17] [03:03.55]And chances are it's already dead