Up The Junction

The lyrics are the self told tale of a love affair, a wanted pregnancy and child, and destroying what you have by being your own worst enemy. They are down to earth, plain spoken and direct and written as a normal person would speak. The lack of histrionics is part of what makes it so moving, it tells the tale and lets the listeners brain finish painting the picture and summon up an emotional response. It's also a very upbeat and engagingly pretty tune that suits the happy first verses the overlays some melancholic strings(?) near the rather sorrowful end. I particularly like the short train like drum fills at the beginning, a subtle scene setting suggestion to the listener of living near the railway lines around Clapham junction i think.