Return to Waterloo (1984) - full transcript
An unnamed Traveler boards the Guildford-Waterloo train and proceeds to daydream about his life and of having interactions with his fellow passengers.
(gentle electronic music)
(dramatic swelling music)
(train clunking)
(tense electronic music)
(trains clunking)
(whistle shrills)
(departure board clacking)
(PA system chimes)
- [Station Announcer]
Platform 13 to Guildford.
Calling at Morden, Surbiton,
Hinchley Wood, Claygate,
Oxshott, Cobham, Effingham
Junction, Horsley, Clandon,
London Road, and Guildford.
(headphones blaring music)
We apologize for the late arrival
of the train for Hornsey
(brooding electronic music)
which as just arrived at platform 13.
This is due to signal failure.
(escalator rumbling)
(headphones blaring rock music)
♪ Another day, another journey ♪
♪ Is it necessary or is it all in vain ♪
♪ Look at all the people around me ♪
♪ Same old faces joining the queue ♪
♪ For a return to Waterloo ♪
♪ Return to Waterloo ♪
(headphones blaring rock music)
(footsteps clattering)
(headphones blaring rock music)
(footsteps tapping)
(coins clattering)
(train rumbles)
- Oh, you. (thudding)
♪ Will I reach my destination ♪
- I shouldn't be so forgetful, should I?
(train rumbles)
(brooding electronic music)
(frantic dramatic electronic music)
- With fronts pushing
down from the northwest.
So to move on to the forecast for today
and obviously in a
nutshell, none too pleasant.
A very autumnal look for the
weather, in fact over Scotland
and Northern Ireland, you
will wake up to a really wet
and windy morning.
In the more northwestern
parts of Scotland, though,
the rain will ease off,
and for most of the day.
♪ Started off this morning as usual ♪
- [Michael] Pretty wet in the
west of Scotland and Northern Ireland.
♪ Checkin' out the mail
and all the bills to pay ♪
- But the rain's beginning to set in now.
♪ Maybe something special's gonna happen ♪
- [Michael] In the
southeastern corner though,
dry and fair bright to begin with.
♪ Maybe this is my lucky day ♪
- Case of take your umbrella just in case.
♪ The forecast says heavy weather ♪
♪ So take your umbrella just in case ♪
(gentle rock music)
♪ Will I get away ♪
♪ Will I see it through ♪
♪ On a return to Waterloo ♪
(door clunks)
(traffic rumbles)
♪ Somehow I feel that the
world's been passin' me by ♪
♪ Can't help thinkin' somehow
I've been living a lie ♪
♪ When I was young the future was clear ♪
♪ It was easy to see ♪
♪ But now, I'm here ♪
♪ And I just wanna be free ♪
♪ Will I reach my destination ♪
♪ Or will I get lost along the way ♪
♪ Will I reach my destination ♪
♪ Will I reach my destination ♪
- [Man] Return to Waterloo, please.
♪ Have I stopped or am I only going slow ♪
♪ Have we got a couple more stations ♪
♪ Or is this as far as we all go ♪
♪ The headlines cry out from the papers ♪
♪ Inflation ♪
♪ Murder ♪
♪ Wars ♪
♪ Who really wants to know ♪
♪ If I return to Waterloo ♪
♪ Will cost me more in 1992 ♪
♪ Will I get away ♪
♪ Will I see it through ♪
♪ And come back home to you ♪
♪ On the return to Waterloo ♪
- [Station Announcer] Train at platform 3
is the 8:52 for Waterloo.
Calling at London Road, Clandon, Horsley,
Effingham Junction,
Cobham, Oxshott, Claygate,
Hinchley Wood, Surbiton,
Wimbledon, and Waterloo.
(brooding electronic music)
- [News Anchor] The
police have just announced
the start of a widespread manhunt
in the search for the Surrey rapist.
A spokesman said today that
in the light of new evidence,
they've been able to build up
a fairly accurate description
of the man, whom they say is
well-spoken and in his mid-40s.
The police have also issued a warning
not to approach this
man whom they describe
as extremely dangerous.
Here's an identicate just
issues by the Surrey police,
and anyone who thinks that
they recognize this man.
- Come on now. Come on, let's go now.
Now.
(children yelling)
(footsteps clattering)
(train clunking)
- [Man] On your marks!
Get set!
(start pistol blasts)
(upbeat rock music)
(children yelling)
♪ Now the race ♪
♪ Has begun ♪
♪ You are strong and you are young ♪
♪ It's your choice ♪
♪ It's up to you ♪
♪ Be good to us and we'll be good to you ♪
♪ And you will be rewarded
for conforming to our plan ♪
♪ The system will accept
you because we understand ♪
♪ You'll be up there ♪
♪ With us ♪
♪ On the pinnacle of success ♪
♪ Winning ♪
♪ Climbing ♪
♪ On the ladder of success ♪
♪ Why take less ♪
♪ Now you're on the ladder of success ♪
- Now we've reached the
end of another school year,
and those of you who are leaving us,
we wish you well in your chosen careers.
I see you got a job with
a well-established firm.
You'll be earning a 3
pound 10 shillings a week
plus luncheon vouchers.
Well, my boy, it looks
as though you're heading
straight for the top!
♪ And your efforts will be noted ♪
♪ But you must always compete ♪
♪ Stick it out, the sky's the limit ♪
♪ And you'll be part of the elite ♪
♪ You'll be up there ♪
♪ With us ♪
♪ Competing with the best ♪
♪ Achieving ♪
♪ Winning ♪
♪ On the ladder of success ♪
♪ Make commitments ♪
♪ Join our scheme ♪
♪ Now you're really ♪
♪ In the team ♪
♪ Part of the plan ♪
♪ Don't make a fuss ♪
♪ Play the game ♪
♪ And you'll be one of us ♪
♪ And your efforts will be noted ♪
♪ You'll be part of the elite ♪
♪ Pay your money, make your choice now ♪
♪ Your commitment is complete ♪
♪ Now you're up there ♪
♪ With us ♪
♪ Competing with the best ♪
♪ Achieving ♪
♪ Winning ♪
♪ On the ladder of success ♪
(upbeat rock music continues)
♪ Stand in line ♪
♪ Join the queue ♪
♪ Play the game ♪
♪ With the right attitude ♪
♪ Now you've made your reputation ♪
♪ There's so much that you can lose ♪
♪ It was a struggle to get up there ♪
♪ You've really paid your dues ♪
♪ Now you're up there ♪
♪ With us ♪
♪ On the pinnacle of success ♪
(crowd cheering)
♪ Still you're ♪
♪ Climbing ♪
♪ On the ladder of success ♪
♪ Now you're up there ♪
♪ With us ♪
♪ Competing with the best ♪
♪ Winning ♪
♪ Climbing ♪
♪ On the ladder of success ♪
♪ On the ladder of success ♪
♪ Achieving ♪
♪ Winning ♪
♪ On the ladder of success ♪
(train rumbles)
(train brakes screeching)
(train clunks)
- [Station Announcer] This is Horsley.
This train will call at Effingham
Junction, Cobham, Oxshott,
Claygate, Hinchley Wood,
Surbiton, Wimbledon and Waterloo.
- Take care, darling.
I could have taken you by car.
- You did pack enough clothes, didn't you?
- [Daughter] Yes, Mommy.
Please don't worry.
Gosh, I'm only going for two weeks.
(phone rings)
(swelling electronic music)
- [Man] Good evening,
this is Pembourne Estates.
The office is now closed
until 9:30 tomorrow morning.
Please either phone back
then or leave a message
after you hear the
high-pitched tone, thank you.
(phone beeps)
(upbeat rock music)
- [Lisa] Hello, Dad, this is Lisa.
I can't leave my number.
I just wanted to let
you know that I'm okay.
♪ She left her message after the tone ♪
♪ I hear it over and over
on the answer phone ♪
♪ No one can find her, address unknown ♪
♪ She just decided to go
out and make it alone ♪
♪ Solo, solo ♪
♪ My little child is going solo ♪
♪ Solo, solo ♪
♪ My little child is going solo ♪
♪ I feel like crying, I'm in a rage ♪
♪ I can't understand
why she just went away ♪
♪ What made it happen,
guess we'll never know ♪
♪ She just decided to go
out and make it solo ♪
♪ Solo, solo ♪
♪ Solo, solo ♪
♪ Solo ♪
♪ We worked like dogs all of our lives ♪
♪ Like millions of other
husbands and wives ♪
♪ Sent her through college,
didn't care what we spent ♪
♪ Think of how we feel ♪
♪ She didn't say ♪
♪ She didn't ask ♪
♪ She just went ♪
♪ Solo, solo ♪
♪ My little child, you're going solo ♪
♪ It's like a pattern, it's like a crime ♪
♪ We see it happen time after time ♪
♪ You raise your children,
you watch them grow ♪
♪ Then one day it's goodbye ♪
♪ They've decided they're going solo ♪
♪ Solo, solo ♪
♪ Solo, solo ♪
♪ Solo ♪
♪ The toys are forgotten, now it appears ♪
♪ You've let them down
after all of these years ♪
♪ We sacrificed all, now
there's nothing to show ♪
♪ Ungrateful youth,
decided you're going solo ♪
♪ Solo, solo ♪
♪ My little child, you're going solo ♪
♪ Solo, solo ♪
♪ Ungrateful youth, you're going solo ♪
♪ The obligations, all of the ties ♪
♪ Have got to be broken
so you can survive ♪
♪ Just because they gave you life ♪
♪ They can't stop you grow ♪
♪ They can't hold you back
'cause you're going solo ♪
♪ Solo ♪
♪ Solo ♪
♪ Solo ♪
♪ Solo ♪
(upbeat rock music continues)
♪ No they can't hold you back
'cause you're going solo ♪
- [Lisa] Give Mom my love
and please don't worry.
I'll be in touch.
- Did she ever return that
deckchair you gave her?
- No, of course she didn't.
- Well you've been so, I'd
of gone round there, I would.
By the way, while I think of it,
I saw Mrs. Lockwood in Waitrose last week.
- Yes?
- Yes!
Haven't seen her for ages, she
looked very good considering.
Well, since the trouble, I mean.
- Oh yes, the trouble.
- Of course, he left home one
day and he never come back.
No, I used to see him
walking to work every morning
swinging his briefcase
as though he hadn't got
a care in the world.
Trouble was, he used to go to
work but he hadn't got a job.
- No?
- He used to hang around
Hyde Park all day.
By the way, that man over
there's looking at us.
No, don't look at him,
that's exactly what he wants.
- Probably a pervert of some sort.
- Yes.
- Just let him try it on me.
I'll kick him right in the
bollocks, that'll sort him out.
- [Woman] I should say so! (chuckles)
- [Woman] Yes, but I'm
frightened of going out.
- Well, I'd rather because
there's some man out there.
(gentle rock music)
♪ Have you seen this face ♪
♪ Does it ring a bell ♪
♪ Does it strike a chord
somewhere in your mind ♪
♪ And there's a big reward ♪
♪ If you help us solve this crime ♪
♪ And if you recognize this face ♪
♪ Dial 999 ♪
(train door clunks)
♪ Have you seen this face ♪
♪ Dig deep in your mind ♪
♪ Has anybody seen that
little girl of mine ♪
♪ She was always a rover ♪
♪ But I'm afraid to say she's strayed ♪
♪ Too far this time ♪
♪ Now I'm sitting at home ♪
♪ Staring at the wall ♪
♪ Waiting for that
missing person to call ♪
♪ Waiting for the message
I'm dreading to hear ♪
♪ Waiting to confirm my darkest fear ♪
♪ She's a missing person ♪
♪ I wish I could see ♪
♪ All of the places she might be ♪
♪ Maybe I stopped her from being free ♪
♪ Maybe there was
something missing in me ♪
♪ Wherever she is ♪
♪ I hope she's doing fine ♪
♪ But I wish that she would
phone or drop us a line ♪
♪ Till then I've got
nothing to ease my mind ♪
♪ And I'm thinking
about her all the time ♪
Nobody's safe nowadays.
(women chattering)
(train door thuds)
(birds chirping)
(trunk clunking)
(upbeat rock music)
(train door slams)
(train clattering)
♪ Got no dreams, got no ambition ♪
♪ Can't decide, 'cause
there's no decision ♪
♪ Got no claim to any position ♪
♪ Can't compete with the competition ♪
(train rumbling)
- Tickets.
Tickets.
Tickets.
(suspenseful electronic music)
What's that?
Tickets.
(train carriage door clicks)
(train carriage door slams)
(upbeat heavy rock music)
♪ Got no dream ♪
♪ Got no ambition ♪
♪ Can't decide ♪
♪ 'Cause there's no decision ♪
♪ I got no claim ♪
♪ To any position ♪
♪ Can't compete ♪
♪ With the competition ♪
♪ You're always complaining ♪
♪ It's so depressing ♪
♪ But if you're old enough ♪
♪ Start to confess it ♪
♪ You say, you ♪
♪ Sold me out ♪
♪ To get a better deal for yourself ♪
♪ You ♪
♪ Sold me out ♪
♪ And now we want some
of your precious wealth ♪
♪ 'Cause you sold me out ♪
♪ Sold me out, sold me out ♪
♪ Sold me out ♪
♪ You ♪
♪ Sold me out ♪
♪ To get a better deal for yourself ♪
♪ You ♪
♪ Sold me out ♪
♪ Well now we want some
of your precious wealth ♪
♪ Work all your life, put
the money in the bank ♪
♪ Sign on the dotted line ♪
♪ Try to draw it out, the joke's on you ♪
♪ Put up the empty sign ♪
♪ Sorry mister ♪
♪ We're all sold out ♪
♪ Sold me out, sold me out ♪
♪ Sold me out, sold me out ♪
♪ You ♪
♪ I'm talkin' to you ♪
♪ You ♪
♪ Sold me out ♪
♪ To get a better deal for yourself ♪
♪ You ♪
♪ Sold me out ♪
♪ And now we want some
of your precious wealth ♪
♪ Did he sell you out ♪
♪ Like you sold me out ♪
♪ Are you in so deep ♪
♪ That you can't get out ♪
♪ Got no dreams, got no ambition ♪
♪ Can't decide, 'cause
there's no decision ♪
♪ Got no claim to any position ♪
♪ Can't compete with the competition ♪
♪ Sold me out, sold me out ♪
♪ Sold me out, sold me out ♪
(upbeat heavy rock music continues)
♪ Got no dream, got no ambition ♪
♪ Can't decide 'cause
there's no decision ♪
♪ Got no claim to any position ♪
♪ Can't compete with the competition ♪
♪ Sold me out, sold me out ♪
♪ Sold me out, sold me out ♪
(pulsing electronic music)
(woman chattering)
- [Woman] Now, look, I'll get in.
Hang on.
Just a minute.
In you go.
Up, that's right.
(train screeching)
- Oops.
(train door slams)
(train squeaking)
- Let me put your bag up.
- It's all right I can manage.
(tense pulsing electronic music)
- If ever I get like that,
I hope they put me to sleep.
- I think he looks like my dad.
- Well I think he's sexy.
(apple crunching)
- Do you know what I'd
do with people like this?
I'd put 'em up against the wall,
and I'd blow their bloody heads off.
(train clattering)
(train rumbling)
(suspenseful electronic music)
(girl groans)
(girl laughs)
(water trickling)
(water gurgling)
- [Woman] Old enough to be her father.
It's enough to turn your stomach.
- [Girl] Yeah, he tried
to pull me into the bog.
- [Businessman 1] I've been
watching him for some time now.
- [Businessman 2] I
could see he was trouble
as soon as he got on this morning.
- [Teenager 1] What a prat.
- [Teenager 2] I'll tell you what I'd do
with people like that.
I'd put 'em against the wall,
and I'd blow their bloody heads off.
(gun blasts)
(emotive rock music)
♪ Darling ♪
♪ What can I do ♪
♪ I feel so afraid and even my friends ♪
♪ Don't know what to say ♪
♪ That's why I'm asking you ♪
♪ I'm so afraid ♪
♪ I know I should be strong
but when affection is gone ♪
♪ It's hard to face each day ♪
♪ Knowing love has drifted away ♪
(train roaring)
- [Station Announcer] This is Surbiton.
Surbiton.
The train at platform 2
will call at Wimbledon
and Waterloo only.
(melancholic piano music)
(phone dialer whirring)
(phone ringing)
- Hello?
Hello?
- [Station Announcer] Hello!
The next train at platform 3
is for Guildford via Cobham.
Calling at Hinchley Wood,
Claygate, Oxshott, Cobham,
Effingham Junction, and...
Dear Claire, I never
thought the time would come
when I would write to you after
18 years of happy marriage,
but about a month ago
our daughter left home
and since then something
seems to have changed.
I'm now beginning to
suspect, that for some time
my husband has been seeing another woman.
Lately, I feel there have
been secrets between us.
(upbeat emotive rock music)
Somehow, I can't hide the pain.
Is he going to come back again?
♪ Dear lonely hearts ♪
♪ I wish things could be the way ♪
♪ That they were at the start ♪
♪ But you must face the fact ♪
♪ If he's going to leave ♪
♪ There's no way that
you'll win him back ♪
♪ You gotta try to hold back the tears ♪
♪ Don't give into your fears ♪
♪ Darling ♪
♪ I'm so afraid ♪
♪ I can get through the night
but when affection is gone ♪
♪ It's hard to face each day ♪
♪ Oh, will he please come home ♪
♪ Dear lonely heart ♪
♪ Dear lonely heart ♪
♪ Dear lonely heart ♪
- Dear lonely heart,
I wish things could be the way they were
right from the start,
but you must, you must face the facts.
If he is going to leave
then there's no way
that you can bring him back,
and I'm afraid you're
going to have to work hard
at looking forwards rather than backwards.
Don't look back over your shoulder say,
"If only I'd done this,
if only he'd said that,
"it all would have been wonderful,"
because that will get you nowhere.
You must be positive and think forwards.
Find a better life for yourself.
Tell yourself that you're too
valuable to have been dumped
by this sick man.
That he's not worth it.
♪ Darling ♪
♪ I'm so afraid ♪
♪ I can get through the night
but I can't face the day ♪
♪ Knowing you are far away ♪
♪ Will you please come home ♪
- [Man] Two hours, yes!
- [Man] Well I don't know what time.
- [Man] No, it's gonna be
at least another two hours.
No I'm not in the bar, I'll call you.
I got here 10 minutes too
late, I just missed it.
- [Man] I can't help it
if the trains are late.
I know I'm here stuck at Waterloo Station.
(upbeat rock music)
- Nice view, init?
(match lights)
- [Man] Oi, young fella.
Do you know this is a
non-smoking compartment?
- I can't read.
- [Man] Can't read?
- What did he say?
- He can't read.
No respect for anyone nowadays.
What has this great nation become?
Young hooligans with no sense
of duty or national pride.
(train clattering)
♪ Not far away, not far away ♪
(gentle rock music)
♪ What has become of this
land that I fought for ♪
♪ This country I served with pride ♪
♪ It is sad but the good times are gone ♪
♪ And all of the good men have died ♪
♪ Every man for himself,
that's the motto ♪
♪ What has this great nation become ♪
♪ All the violence and
lack of respect for us ♪
♪ By almost everyone ♪
♪ See it dying, see it fading ♪
♪ See it drifting away ♪
♪ When it's over and forgotten ♪
♪ They'll just throw it away ♪
♪ It is sad that the good times are gone ♪
♪ All of the good men have died ♪
♪ Young people today
are a positive shower ♪
♪ Can't imagine how it all went wrong ♪
♪ And who will inherit
the mantle of power ♪
♪ When all the great leaders are gone ♪
(frantic electronic music)
(energetic rock music)
♪ 'Cause the system that bred
you and fed will blow you away ♪
♪ And it's not far away ♪
♪ Not far away ♪
♪ Oh ♪
♪ Oh ♪
♪ The modern youth will ruin the nation ♪
♪ Not far away, not far away ♪
♪ Signal the end of our civilization ♪
♪ Not far away ♪
♪ I feel it in my bones ♪
♪ Gets worse every day ♪
♪ The future is here ♪
♪ And it won't go away ♪
♪ Oh ♪
♪ Oh ♪
♪ Total chaos, total destruction ♪
♪ Not far away, not far away ♪
♪ Social collapse, moral corruption ♪
♪ Not far away ♪
♪ The empire is dying ♪
♪ See our heritage crumbling ♪
♪ We didn't ask you to stay ♪
♪ So will you leave us alone ♪
(woman screaming)
♪ And we'll segregate the
people according to their race ♪
♪ And no one's gonna listen when
you try to plead your case ♪
♪ And those who think they are immune ♪
♪ Will get slapped in the face ♪
♪ Chaos will rule ♪
♪ No one will be safe ♪
♪ The ending is near ♪
♪ And it's not far away ♪
♪ The future is here and
it's out to dictate ♪
♪ The ending is closer so why hesitate ♪
♪ The empire is dying ♪
♪ But once it was great ♪
♪ Someone must do something ♪
♪ Before it's too late ♪
(warbling electronic music)
(knife swishing)
(boy groaning)
(boy screams)
(suspenseful electronic music)
(upbeat rock music)
- [Conductor] Tickets, please!
(people chattering)
(voices whispering)
- Look, Lisa.
There's your daddy.
One day he's going to
run away and leave Mommy.
(train carriage door slams)
(brooding electronic music)
(swelling electronic music)
(door slams)
- And the reason she's so sad is that
she fears that her husband
is leaving her. (sighs)
Dear lonely heart,
(gentle rock music)
I wish things could be the way they were.
(dark electronic music)
- Now some of you will be leaving
us at the end of the term.
We wish you well in your chosen careers.
But you can only go so far,
on the ladder of success.
Sorry, old chap.
(train rumbling)
(melancholic rock music)
♪ Now all the lies are beginning to show ♪
♪ And you're not the country
that I used to know ♪
♪ I loved you once from
my head to my toe ♪
♪ But now my belief is shaken ♪
♪ And all your ways are so untrue ♪
♪ No one breaks promises
the way that you do ♪
♪ You guided me, I trusted you ♪
♪ But now my illusion's shaken ♪
♪ Thought this empire would be here ♪
♪ At least a thousand years ♪
♪ But all the expectations
and aspirations ♪
♪ Slowly disappear ♪
(upbeat rock music)
♪ Now all the lies have gone on too long ♪
♪ And a million apologies
can't right the wrong ♪
♪ Soldiers die but the lies go on ♪
♪ But soon we will awaken ♪
♪ In our expectations for the future ♪
♪ We were not to know ♪
♪ We had expectations, now we've reached ♪
♪ As far as we can go ♪
(dramatic rock music)
♪ And all your manners
are too, too polite ♪
♪ Just to prove that your
conscience is white and bright ♪
♪ You had your day so
get ready for the night ♪
♪ For another dawn is breaking ♪
♪ We had expectations, now we've reached ♪
♪ As far as we can go ♪
- [Woman] Look!
The Houses of Parliament.
- [Woman] Where?
- It was there.
There it is, doesn't
it make you feel proud?
- Where?
- Out there!
- [Woman] Where?
- [Both] Out there!
- Oh.
(gentle rock music)
♪ Started off this morning as usual ♪
♪ In a panic 'cause I'm
scared of missing the train ♪
♪ Another day, another journey ♪
♪ Is it necessary or is it all in vain ♪
♪ Look at all the people around me ♪
♪ Same old faces joining the queue ♪
♪ For a return to Waterloo ♪
♪ Return to Waterloo ♪
♪ Somehow I feel that the
world's been passin' me by ♪
♪ Can't help thinkin' somehow
I've been livin' a lie ♪
♪ Now I'm asking questions ♪
♪ I never thought I'd ask them before ♪
♪ Like how ♪
♪ Or why ♪
♪ Or what ♪
♪ Am I doing it for ♪
♪ Will I reach my destination ♪
- [Station Announcer] 10
o'clock to Guildford via London
departing platform 13.
Calling at Wimbledon, Surbiton,
Hinchley Wood, Claygate,
Oxshott, Cobham, Effingham
Junction, Horsley, Clandon,
London Road, and Guildford.
We apologize for the late arrival
of the train for Bournemouth
which has just arrived at platform 11.
- [Ticket Inspector] Excuse me!
Here you are, mate.
Better take that, otherwise
you won't get home.
(upbeat rock music)
(brooding electronic music)
(departure board clacking)
(sparse percussive music)
(dramatic swelling music)
(gentle music)
(upbeat electronic rock music)
(gentle melancholic music)
♪ Got no dream, got no ambition ♪
♪ Can't decide 'cause
there's no decision ♪
♪ Got no claim to any position ♪
♪ Can't compete with the competition ♪
♪ Sold me out, sold me out ♪
♪ Sold me out, sold me out ♪
(sparse percussive music)
(dramatic swelling music)
(train clunking)
(tense electronic music)
(trains clunking)
(whistle shrills)
(departure board clacking)
(PA system chimes)
- [Station Announcer]
Platform 13 to Guildford.
Calling at Morden, Surbiton,
Hinchley Wood, Claygate,
Oxshott, Cobham, Effingham
Junction, Horsley, Clandon,
London Road, and Guildford.
(headphones blaring music)
We apologize for the late arrival
of the train for Hornsey
(brooding electronic music)
which as just arrived at platform 13.
This is due to signal failure.
(escalator rumbling)
(headphones blaring rock music)
♪ Another day, another journey ♪
♪ Is it necessary or is it all in vain ♪
♪ Look at all the people around me ♪
♪ Same old faces joining the queue ♪
♪ For a return to Waterloo ♪
♪ Return to Waterloo ♪
(headphones blaring rock music)
(footsteps clattering)
(headphones blaring rock music)
(footsteps tapping)
(coins clattering)
(train rumbles)
- Oh, you. (thudding)
♪ Will I reach my destination ♪
- I shouldn't be so forgetful, should I?
(train rumbles)
(brooding electronic music)
(frantic dramatic electronic music)
- With fronts pushing
down from the northwest.
So to move on to the forecast for today
and obviously in a
nutshell, none too pleasant.
A very autumnal look for the
weather, in fact over Scotland
and Northern Ireland, you
will wake up to a really wet
and windy morning.
In the more northwestern
parts of Scotland, though,
the rain will ease off,
and for most of the day.
♪ Started off this morning as usual ♪
- [Michael] Pretty wet in the
west of Scotland and Northern Ireland.
♪ Checkin' out the mail
and all the bills to pay ♪
- But the rain's beginning to set in now.
♪ Maybe something special's gonna happen ♪
- [Michael] In the
southeastern corner though,
dry and fair bright to begin with.
♪ Maybe this is my lucky day ♪
- Case of take your umbrella just in case.
♪ The forecast says heavy weather ♪
♪ So take your umbrella just in case ♪
(gentle rock music)
♪ Will I get away ♪
♪ Will I see it through ♪
♪ On a return to Waterloo ♪
(door clunks)
(traffic rumbles)
♪ Somehow I feel that the
world's been passin' me by ♪
♪ Can't help thinkin' somehow
I've been living a lie ♪
♪ When I was young the future was clear ♪
♪ It was easy to see ♪
♪ But now, I'm here ♪
♪ And I just wanna be free ♪
♪ Will I reach my destination ♪
♪ Or will I get lost along the way ♪
♪ Will I reach my destination ♪
♪ Will I reach my destination ♪
- [Man] Return to Waterloo, please.
♪ Have I stopped or am I only going slow ♪
♪ Have we got a couple more stations ♪
♪ Or is this as far as we all go ♪
♪ The headlines cry out from the papers ♪
♪ Inflation ♪
♪ Murder ♪
♪ Wars ♪
♪ Who really wants to know ♪
♪ If I return to Waterloo ♪
♪ Will cost me more in 1992 ♪
♪ Will I get away ♪
♪ Will I see it through ♪
♪ And come back home to you ♪
♪ On the return to Waterloo ♪
- [Station Announcer] Train at platform 3
is the 8:52 for Waterloo.
Calling at London Road, Clandon, Horsley,
Effingham Junction,
Cobham, Oxshott, Claygate,
Hinchley Wood, Surbiton,
Wimbledon, and Waterloo.
(brooding electronic music)
- [News Anchor] The
police have just announced
the start of a widespread manhunt
in the search for the Surrey rapist.
A spokesman said today that
in the light of new evidence,
they've been able to build up
a fairly accurate description
of the man, whom they say is
well-spoken and in his mid-40s.
The police have also issued a warning
not to approach this
man whom they describe
as extremely dangerous.
Here's an identicate just
issues by the Surrey police,
and anyone who thinks that
they recognize this man.
- Come on now. Come on, let's go now.
Now.
(children yelling)
(footsteps clattering)
(train clunking)
- [Man] On your marks!
Get set!
(start pistol blasts)
(upbeat rock music)
(children yelling)
♪ Now the race ♪
♪ Has begun ♪
♪ You are strong and you are young ♪
♪ It's your choice ♪
♪ It's up to you ♪
♪ Be good to us and we'll be good to you ♪
♪ And you will be rewarded
for conforming to our plan ♪
♪ The system will accept
you because we understand ♪
♪ You'll be up there ♪
♪ With us ♪
♪ On the pinnacle of success ♪
♪ Winning ♪
♪ Climbing ♪
♪ On the ladder of success ♪
♪ Why take less ♪
♪ Now you're on the ladder of success ♪
- Now we've reached the
end of another school year,
and those of you who are leaving us,
we wish you well in your chosen careers.
I see you got a job with
a well-established firm.
You'll be earning a 3
pound 10 shillings a week
plus luncheon vouchers.
Well, my boy, it looks
as though you're heading
straight for the top!
♪ And your efforts will be noted ♪
♪ But you must always compete ♪
♪ Stick it out, the sky's the limit ♪
♪ And you'll be part of the elite ♪
♪ You'll be up there ♪
♪ With us ♪
♪ Competing with the best ♪
♪ Achieving ♪
♪ Winning ♪
♪ On the ladder of success ♪
♪ Make commitments ♪
♪ Join our scheme ♪
♪ Now you're really ♪
♪ In the team ♪
♪ Part of the plan ♪
♪ Don't make a fuss ♪
♪ Play the game ♪
♪ And you'll be one of us ♪
♪ And your efforts will be noted ♪
♪ You'll be part of the elite ♪
♪ Pay your money, make your choice now ♪
♪ Your commitment is complete ♪
♪ Now you're up there ♪
♪ With us ♪
♪ Competing with the best ♪
♪ Achieving ♪
♪ Winning ♪
♪ On the ladder of success ♪
(upbeat rock music continues)
♪ Stand in line ♪
♪ Join the queue ♪
♪ Play the game ♪
♪ With the right attitude ♪
♪ Now you've made your reputation ♪
♪ There's so much that you can lose ♪
♪ It was a struggle to get up there ♪
♪ You've really paid your dues ♪
♪ Now you're up there ♪
♪ With us ♪
♪ On the pinnacle of success ♪
(crowd cheering)
♪ Still you're ♪
♪ Climbing ♪
♪ On the ladder of success ♪
♪ Now you're up there ♪
♪ With us ♪
♪ Competing with the best ♪
♪ Winning ♪
♪ Climbing ♪
♪ On the ladder of success ♪
♪ On the ladder of success ♪
♪ Achieving ♪
♪ Winning ♪
♪ On the ladder of success ♪
(train rumbles)
(train brakes screeching)
(train clunks)
- [Station Announcer] This is Horsley.
This train will call at Effingham
Junction, Cobham, Oxshott,
Claygate, Hinchley Wood,
Surbiton, Wimbledon and Waterloo.
- Take care, darling.
I could have taken you by car.
- You did pack enough clothes, didn't you?
- [Daughter] Yes, Mommy.
Please don't worry.
Gosh, I'm only going for two weeks.
(phone rings)
(swelling electronic music)
- [Man] Good evening,
this is Pembourne Estates.
The office is now closed
until 9:30 tomorrow morning.
Please either phone back
then or leave a message
after you hear the
high-pitched tone, thank you.
(phone beeps)
(upbeat rock music)
- [Lisa] Hello, Dad, this is Lisa.
I can't leave my number.
I just wanted to let
you know that I'm okay.
♪ She left her message after the tone ♪
♪ I hear it over and over
on the answer phone ♪
♪ No one can find her, address unknown ♪
♪ She just decided to go
out and make it alone ♪
♪ Solo, solo ♪
♪ My little child is going solo ♪
♪ Solo, solo ♪
♪ My little child is going solo ♪
♪ I feel like crying, I'm in a rage ♪
♪ I can't understand
why she just went away ♪
♪ What made it happen,
guess we'll never know ♪
♪ She just decided to go
out and make it solo ♪
♪ Solo, solo ♪
♪ Solo, solo ♪
♪ Solo ♪
♪ We worked like dogs all of our lives ♪
♪ Like millions of other
husbands and wives ♪
♪ Sent her through college,
didn't care what we spent ♪
♪ Think of how we feel ♪
♪ She didn't say ♪
♪ She didn't ask ♪
♪ She just went ♪
♪ Solo, solo ♪
♪ My little child, you're going solo ♪
♪ It's like a pattern, it's like a crime ♪
♪ We see it happen time after time ♪
♪ You raise your children,
you watch them grow ♪
♪ Then one day it's goodbye ♪
♪ They've decided they're going solo ♪
♪ Solo, solo ♪
♪ Solo, solo ♪
♪ Solo ♪
♪ The toys are forgotten, now it appears ♪
♪ You've let them down
after all of these years ♪
♪ We sacrificed all, now
there's nothing to show ♪
♪ Ungrateful youth,
decided you're going solo ♪
♪ Solo, solo ♪
♪ My little child, you're going solo ♪
♪ Solo, solo ♪
♪ Ungrateful youth, you're going solo ♪
♪ The obligations, all of the ties ♪
♪ Have got to be broken
so you can survive ♪
♪ Just because they gave you life ♪
♪ They can't stop you grow ♪
♪ They can't hold you back
'cause you're going solo ♪
♪ Solo ♪
♪ Solo ♪
♪ Solo ♪
♪ Solo ♪
(upbeat rock music continues)
♪ No they can't hold you back
'cause you're going solo ♪
- [Lisa] Give Mom my love
and please don't worry.
I'll be in touch.
- Did she ever return that
deckchair you gave her?
- No, of course she didn't.
- Well you've been so, I'd
of gone round there, I would.
By the way, while I think of it,
I saw Mrs. Lockwood in Waitrose last week.
- Yes?
- Yes!
Haven't seen her for ages, she
looked very good considering.
Well, since the trouble, I mean.
- Oh yes, the trouble.
- Of course, he left home one
day and he never come back.
No, I used to see him
walking to work every morning
swinging his briefcase
as though he hadn't got
a care in the world.
Trouble was, he used to go to
work but he hadn't got a job.
- No?
- He used to hang around
Hyde Park all day.
By the way, that man over
there's looking at us.
No, don't look at him,
that's exactly what he wants.
- Probably a pervert of some sort.
- Yes.
- Just let him try it on me.
I'll kick him right in the
bollocks, that'll sort him out.
- [Woman] I should say so! (chuckles)
- [Woman] Yes, but I'm
frightened of going out.
- Well, I'd rather because
there's some man out there.
(gentle rock music)
♪ Have you seen this face ♪
♪ Does it ring a bell ♪
♪ Does it strike a chord
somewhere in your mind ♪
♪ And there's a big reward ♪
♪ If you help us solve this crime ♪
♪ And if you recognize this face ♪
♪ Dial 999 ♪
(train door clunks)
♪ Have you seen this face ♪
♪ Dig deep in your mind ♪
♪ Has anybody seen that
little girl of mine ♪
♪ She was always a rover ♪
♪ But I'm afraid to say she's strayed ♪
♪ Too far this time ♪
♪ Now I'm sitting at home ♪
♪ Staring at the wall ♪
♪ Waiting for that
missing person to call ♪
♪ Waiting for the message
I'm dreading to hear ♪
♪ Waiting to confirm my darkest fear ♪
♪ She's a missing person ♪
♪ I wish I could see ♪
♪ All of the places she might be ♪
♪ Maybe I stopped her from being free ♪
♪ Maybe there was
something missing in me ♪
♪ Wherever she is ♪
♪ I hope she's doing fine ♪
♪ But I wish that she would
phone or drop us a line ♪
♪ Till then I've got
nothing to ease my mind ♪
♪ And I'm thinking
about her all the time ♪
Nobody's safe nowadays.
(women chattering)
(train door thuds)
(birds chirping)
(trunk clunking)
(upbeat rock music)
(train door slams)
(train clattering)
♪ Got no dreams, got no ambition ♪
♪ Can't decide, 'cause
there's no decision ♪
♪ Got no claim to any position ♪
♪ Can't compete with the competition ♪
(train rumbling)
- Tickets.
Tickets.
Tickets.
(suspenseful electronic music)
What's that?
Tickets.
(train carriage door clicks)
(train carriage door slams)
(upbeat heavy rock music)
♪ Got no dream ♪
♪ Got no ambition ♪
♪ Can't decide ♪
♪ 'Cause there's no decision ♪
♪ I got no claim ♪
♪ To any position ♪
♪ Can't compete ♪
♪ With the competition ♪
♪ You're always complaining ♪
♪ It's so depressing ♪
♪ But if you're old enough ♪
♪ Start to confess it ♪
♪ You say, you ♪
♪ Sold me out ♪
♪ To get a better deal for yourself ♪
♪ You ♪
♪ Sold me out ♪
♪ And now we want some
of your precious wealth ♪
♪ 'Cause you sold me out ♪
♪ Sold me out, sold me out ♪
♪ Sold me out ♪
♪ You ♪
♪ Sold me out ♪
♪ To get a better deal for yourself ♪
♪ You ♪
♪ Sold me out ♪
♪ Well now we want some
of your precious wealth ♪
♪ Work all your life, put
the money in the bank ♪
♪ Sign on the dotted line ♪
♪ Try to draw it out, the joke's on you ♪
♪ Put up the empty sign ♪
♪ Sorry mister ♪
♪ We're all sold out ♪
♪ Sold me out, sold me out ♪
♪ Sold me out, sold me out ♪
♪ You ♪
♪ I'm talkin' to you ♪
♪ You ♪
♪ Sold me out ♪
♪ To get a better deal for yourself ♪
♪ You ♪
♪ Sold me out ♪
♪ And now we want some
of your precious wealth ♪
♪ Did he sell you out ♪
♪ Like you sold me out ♪
♪ Are you in so deep ♪
♪ That you can't get out ♪
♪ Got no dreams, got no ambition ♪
♪ Can't decide, 'cause
there's no decision ♪
♪ Got no claim to any position ♪
♪ Can't compete with the competition ♪
♪ Sold me out, sold me out ♪
♪ Sold me out, sold me out ♪
(upbeat heavy rock music continues)
♪ Got no dream, got no ambition ♪
♪ Can't decide 'cause
there's no decision ♪
♪ Got no claim to any position ♪
♪ Can't compete with the competition ♪
♪ Sold me out, sold me out ♪
♪ Sold me out, sold me out ♪
(pulsing electronic music)
(woman chattering)
- [Woman] Now, look, I'll get in.
Hang on.
Just a minute.
In you go.
Up, that's right.
(train screeching)
- Oops.
(train door slams)
(train squeaking)
- Let me put your bag up.
- It's all right I can manage.
(tense pulsing electronic music)
- If ever I get like that,
I hope they put me to sleep.
- I think he looks like my dad.
- Well I think he's sexy.
(apple crunching)
- Do you know what I'd
do with people like this?
I'd put 'em up against the wall,
and I'd blow their bloody heads off.
(train clattering)
(train rumbling)
(suspenseful electronic music)
(girl groans)
(girl laughs)
(water trickling)
(water gurgling)
- [Woman] Old enough to be her father.
It's enough to turn your stomach.
- [Girl] Yeah, he tried
to pull me into the bog.
- [Businessman 1] I've been
watching him for some time now.
- [Businessman 2] I
could see he was trouble
as soon as he got on this morning.
- [Teenager 1] What a prat.
- [Teenager 2] I'll tell you what I'd do
with people like that.
I'd put 'em against the wall,
and I'd blow their bloody heads off.
(gun blasts)
(emotive rock music)
♪ Darling ♪
♪ What can I do ♪
♪ I feel so afraid and even my friends ♪
♪ Don't know what to say ♪
♪ That's why I'm asking you ♪
♪ I'm so afraid ♪
♪ I know I should be strong
but when affection is gone ♪
♪ It's hard to face each day ♪
♪ Knowing love has drifted away ♪
(train roaring)
- [Station Announcer] This is Surbiton.
Surbiton.
The train at platform 2
will call at Wimbledon
and Waterloo only.
(melancholic piano music)
(phone dialer whirring)
(phone ringing)
- Hello?
Hello?
- [Station Announcer] Hello!
The next train at platform 3
is for Guildford via Cobham.
Calling at Hinchley Wood,
Claygate, Oxshott, Cobham,
Effingham Junction, and...
Dear Claire, I never
thought the time would come
when I would write to you after
18 years of happy marriage,
but about a month ago
our daughter left home
and since then something
seems to have changed.
I'm now beginning to
suspect, that for some time
my husband has been seeing another woman.
Lately, I feel there have
been secrets between us.
(upbeat emotive rock music)
Somehow, I can't hide the pain.
Is he going to come back again?
♪ Dear lonely hearts ♪
♪ I wish things could be the way ♪
♪ That they were at the start ♪
♪ But you must face the fact ♪
♪ If he's going to leave ♪
♪ There's no way that
you'll win him back ♪
♪ You gotta try to hold back the tears ♪
♪ Don't give into your fears ♪
♪ Darling ♪
♪ I'm so afraid ♪
♪ I can get through the night
but when affection is gone ♪
♪ It's hard to face each day ♪
♪ Oh, will he please come home ♪
♪ Dear lonely heart ♪
♪ Dear lonely heart ♪
♪ Dear lonely heart ♪
- Dear lonely heart,
I wish things could be the way they were
right from the start,
but you must, you must face the facts.
If he is going to leave
then there's no way
that you can bring him back,
and I'm afraid you're
going to have to work hard
at looking forwards rather than backwards.
Don't look back over your shoulder say,
"If only I'd done this,
if only he'd said that,
"it all would have been wonderful,"
because that will get you nowhere.
You must be positive and think forwards.
Find a better life for yourself.
Tell yourself that you're too
valuable to have been dumped
by this sick man.
That he's not worth it.
♪ Darling ♪
♪ I'm so afraid ♪
♪ I can get through the night
but I can't face the day ♪
♪ Knowing you are far away ♪
♪ Will you please come home ♪
- [Man] Two hours, yes!
- [Man] Well I don't know what time.
- [Man] No, it's gonna be
at least another two hours.
No I'm not in the bar, I'll call you.
I got here 10 minutes too
late, I just missed it.
- [Man] I can't help it
if the trains are late.
I know I'm here stuck at Waterloo Station.
(upbeat rock music)
- Nice view, init?
(match lights)
- [Man] Oi, young fella.
Do you know this is a
non-smoking compartment?
- I can't read.
- [Man] Can't read?
- What did he say?
- He can't read.
No respect for anyone nowadays.
What has this great nation become?
Young hooligans with no sense
of duty or national pride.
(train clattering)
♪ Not far away, not far away ♪
(gentle rock music)
♪ What has become of this
land that I fought for ♪
♪ This country I served with pride ♪
♪ It is sad but the good times are gone ♪
♪ And all of the good men have died ♪
♪ Every man for himself,
that's the motto ♪
♪ What has this great nation become ♪
♪ All the violence and
lack of respect for us ♪
♪ By almost everyone ♪
♪ See it dying, see it fading ♪
♪ See it drifting away ♪
♪ When it's over and forgotten ♪
♪ They'll just throw it away ♪
♪ It is sad that the good times are gone ♪
♪ All of the good men have died ♪
♪ Young people today
are a positive shower ♪
♪ Can't imagine how it all went wrong ♪
♪ And who will inherit
the mantle of power ♪
♪ When all the great leaders are gone ♪
(frantic electronic music)
(energetic rock music)
♪ 'Cause the system that bred
you and fed will blow you away ♪
♪ And it's not far away ♪
♪ Not far away ♪
♪ Oh ♪
♪ Oh ♪
♪ The modern youth will ruin the nation ♪
♪ Not far away, not far away ♪
♪ Signal the end of our civilization ♪
♪ Not far away ♪
♪ I feel it in my bones ♪
♪ Gets worse every day ♪
♪ The future is here ♪
♪ And it won't go away ♪
♪ Oh ♪
♪ Oh ♪
♪ Total chaos, total destruction ♪
♪ Not far away, not far away ♪
♪ Social collapse, moral corruption ♪
♪ Not far away ♪
♪ The empire is dying ♪
♪ See our heritage crumbling ♪
♪ We didn't ask you to stay ♪
♪ So will you leave us alone ♪
(woman screaming)
♪ And we'll segregate the
people according to their race ♪
♪ And no one's gonna listen when
you try to plead your case ♪
♪ And those who think they are immune ♪
♪ Will get slapped in the face ♪
♪ Chaos will rule ♪
♪ No one will be safe ♪
♪ The ending is near ♪
♪ And it's not far away ♪
♪ The future is here and
it's out to dictate ♪
♪ The ending is closer so why hesitate ♪
♪ The empire is dying ♪
♪ But once it was great ♪
♪ Someone must do something ♪
♪ Before it's too late ♪
(warbling electronic music)
(knife swishing)
(boy groaning)
(boy screams)
(suspenseful electronic music)
(upbeat rock music)
- [Conductor] Tickets, please!
(people chattering)
(voices whispering)
- Look, Lisa.
There's your daddy.
One day he's going to
run away and leave Mommy.
(train carriage door slams)
(brooding electronic music)
(swelling electronic music)
(door slams)
- And the reason she's so sad is that
she fears that her husband
is leaving her. (sighs)
Dear lonely heart,
(gentle rock music)
I wish things could be the way they were.
(dark electronic music)
- Now some of you will be leaving
us at the end of the term.
We wish you well in your chosen careers.
But you can only go so far,
on the ladder of success.
Sorry, old chap.
(train rumbling)
(melancholic rock music)
♪ Now all the lies are beginning to show ♪
♪ And you're not the country
that I used to know ♪
♪ I loved you once from
my head to my toe ♪
♪ But now my belief is shaken ♪
♪ And all your ways are so untrue ♪
♪ No one breaks promises
the way that you do ♪
♪ You guided me, I trusted you ♪
♪ But now my illusion's shaken ♪
♪ Thought this empire would be here ♪
♪ At least a thousand years ♪
♪ But all the expectations
and aspirations ♪
♪ Slowly disappear ♪
(upbeat rock music)
♪ Now all the lies have gone on too long ♪
♪ And a million apologies
can't right the wrong ♪
♪ Soldiers die but the lies go on ♪
♪ But soon we will awaken ♪
♪ In our expectations for the future ♪
♪ We were not to know ♪
♪ We had expectations, now we've reached ♪
♪ As far as we can go ♪
(dramatic rock music)
♪ And all your manners
are too, too polite ♪
♪ Just to prove that your
conscience is white and bright ♪
♪ You had your day so
get ready for the night ♪
♪ For another dawn is breaking ♪
♪ We had expectations, now we've reached ♪
♪ As far as we can go ♪
- [Woman] Look!
The Houses of Parliament.
- [Woman] Where?
- It was there.
There it is, doesn't
it make you feel proud?
- Where?
- Out there!
- [Woman] Where?
- [Both] Out there!
- Oh.
(gentle rock music)
♪ Started off this morning as usual ♪
♪ In a panic 'cause I'm
scared of missing the train ♪
♪ Another day, another journey ♪
♪ Is it necessary or is it all in vain ♪
♪ Look at all the people around me ♪
♪ Same old faces joining the queue ♪
♪ For a return to Waterloo ♪
♪ Return to Waterloo ♪
♪ Somehow I feel that the
world's been passin' me by ♪
♪ Can't help thinkin' somehow
I've been livin' a lie ♪
♪ Now I'm asking questions ♪
♪ I never thought I'd ask them before ♪
♪ Like how ♪
♪ Or why ♪
♪ Or what ♪
♪ Am I doing it for ♪
♪ Will I reach my destination ♪
- [Station Announcer] 10
o'clock to Guildford via London
departing platform 13.
Calling at Wimbledon, Surbiton,
Hinchley Wood, Claygate,
Oxshott, Cobham, Effingham
Junction, Horsley, Clandon,
London Road, and Guildford.
We apologize for the late arrival
of the train for Bournemouth
which has just arrived at platform 11.
- [Ticket Inspector] Excuse me!
Here you are, mate.
Better take that, otherwise
you won't get home.
(upbeat rock music)
(brooding electronic music)
(departure board clacking)
(sparse percussive music)
(dramatic swelling music)
(gentle music)
(upbeat electronic rock music)
(gentle melancholic music)
♪ Got no dream, got no ambition ♪
♪ Can't decide 'cause
there's no decision ♪
♪ Got no claim to any position ♪
♪ Can't compete with the competition ♪
♪ Sold me out, sold me out ♪
♪ Sold me out, sold me out ♪
(sparse percussive music)