Another Hundred People

Introduction to the constant influx of people arriving in the city, possibly representing the transient nature of urban life.

Describes the newcomers emerging from underground, suggesting a subway or metro arrival.

Shifts attention to people arriving by bus, emphasizing the diverse modes of transportation.

Highlights the curiosity of those arriving by bus as they observe their surroundings.

Introduces individuals arriving by plane, acknowledging the variety of origins and backgrounds.

Reflects on the mutual gaze between the newcomers from the plane and the locals.

Reminds that the locals themselves were once newcomers, having arrived by train, plane, or bus.

Emphasizes the interconnectedness of people who arrived at different times, perhaps including the past.

Suggests that these arrivals might have occurred recently or in the past.

Describes the city as filled with unfamiliar faces, underlining the theme of anonymity.

Distinguishes between those who come to the city for work and those who come for leisure.

Reiterates the idea of a city filled with strangers, specifying various reasons for their presence.

Acknowledges that some newcomers are there to observe temporarily, while others decide to stay.

Introduces the recurring theme of daily encounters and interactions.

Highlights the persistence of those who choose to remain in the city.

Expresses the inevitability of people finding each other amidst the urban chaos.

Describes the locations where people connect, emphasizing the crowded streets and guarded park.

Depicts a somewhat neglected urban environment with rusty fountains and dusty trees.

Introduces the notion of communication, using "barks" to symbolize messages or signals.

Visualizes people walking together despite the urban challenges.

Notes the presence of crude remarks on postered walls, suggesting the harsh realities of city life.

Explains that connections are often made at social gatherings through mutual acquaintances.

Highlights the irony of people becoming friends without truly knowing each other.

Conveys the uncertainty and indecision in making plans, reflecting the complexity of urban relationships.

"Did you get my message? 'Cause I looked in vain."

"Can we see each other Tuesday if it doesn't rain?"

"Look, I'll call you in the morning or my service will explain."

Reiterates the constant influx of people, emphasizing the repetitive nature of urban arrivals.

Repeats the themes of the city's diverse population, transience, and the challenges of forming connections.

Some come to work, some to play.

A city of strangers,

Some come to stare, some to stay.

And every day

Some go away

And they'll find each other

In the crowded streets and the guarded park

Past the rusty fountains and the dusty trees

With the battered barks

And they' walk together

Past the postered walls with the crude remarks

And they meet at parties through the friends of friends who they never

know.

"Do I pick you up or do I meet you there or shall we let it go?"

"Did you get my message? 'Cause I looked in vain."

"Can we see each other Tuesday if it doesn't rain?"

"Look, I'll call you in the morning or my service will explain."

Closes with a repetition of the continuous arrival of people, creating a cyclical pattern.

And another hundred people just got off of the train,

And another hundred people just got off of the train,

And another hundred people just got off of the train.

Another hundred people just got off of the train