Another lyrics question

[venta]

... though this is one of those where I misquote a lyric, provide misleading information about it, and then expect someone to help me out with what it is. I don't know the answer. I want to know, that's why I'm asking.

Somewhere, buried on an unlabelled tape which I think I might have filched from an ex, is a punkish sort of song, sung by blokes, whose chorus goes roughly:

Livin' in a bedsit,
Travellin' on a tube train.
Workin' all day long,
And you don't go out,
And you eat out of tins,
...
Because you're living in
Solitary confinement
Why am I so lonely?

Answers on the back of a sealed-down LJ comment, please.

Later, I may post my thoughts on wallpaper in northern pubs.

Comments

Solitary Confinement

[ringbark.livejournal.com]

The song you wish to identify is "Solitary Confinement" by "The Members", which I mentioned in a comment to one of your LJ entries not a week ago.

See http://www.livejournal.com/users/venta/116721.html?thread=1526769#t1526769

Re: Solitary Confinement

[venta.livejournal.com]

Ah, it is, is it ?

Y'see, my thoughts went like this:

I was looking for lyrics when I discovered that there was a band involved in my lyrics quiz with a song called Solitary Confinement. I chased its lyrics, feeling all optimistc - but they were completely wrong.

Your post then reminded me of the song again, but I thought no, I'd already checked once, and it was the wrong song.

Of course, I now realise that the song I'd looked up previously wasn't by The Members, it was by Stiff Little Fingers (thought I think it might have been a cover).

So. Right. It's The Members ? Thank you for that.