| Song | The Elevator |
| Artist | UB40 |
| Album | Rat In The Kitchen |
| Lyrics：Ub40 Music：Ub40 | |
| 1st floor decide what you'll be one day | |
| With a head full of comment and nothing to say | |
| 2nd floor mixed up it happens that way | |
| Soon you realize that listening don't pay | |
| 3rd floor in limbo, no easy moves | |
| Up or down it's time to choose | |
| Chorus | |
| The elevators going up | |
| Quick the door's about to shut | |
| Too late we're full just hang around | |
| It won't be long - it won't be long before it's down | |
| 4th floor the job hunt and all that you ask | |
| Is an honest day's pay for an honest day's graft | |
| 5th floor you may make a little more money | |
| Now it's apparent downstairs ain't so funny | |
| 6th floor a mortgage, a collar and tie | |
| 2 weeks vacation in june or july | |
| Chorus | |
| The elevators going up | |
| Quick the door`s about to shut .... Etc | |
| 7th floor expenses and private schools | |
| Pushing a pen you're not turning the tools | |
| 8th floor position, respect and acclaim | |
| Move up the 9th for fortune or fame | |
| 10th floor for investment and real estate | |
| Recouping the redies before it's too late | |
| 11th floor the penthouse the final cut | |
| With a head full of comment and a mouth that stays shut | |
| Chorus | |
| The elevators going up | |
| Quick the door`s about to shut .... Etc |
| Lyrics: Ub40 Music: Ub40 | |
| 1st floor decide what you' ll be one day | |
| With a head full of comment and nothing to say | |
| 2nd floor mixed up it happens that way | |
| Soon you realize that listening don' t pay | |
| 3rd floor in limbo, no easy moves | |
| Up or down it' s time to choose | |
| Chorus | |
| The elevators going up | |
| Quick the door' s about to shut | |
| Too late we' re full just hang around | |
| It won' t be long it won' t be long before it' s down | |
| 4th floor the job hunt and all that you ask | |
| Is an honest day' s pay for an honest day' s graft | |
| 5th floor you may make a little more money | |
| Now it' s apparent downstairs ain' t so funny | |
| 6th floor a mortgage, a collar and tie | |
| 2 weeks vacation in june or july | |
| Chorus | |
| The elevators going up | |
| Quick the door s about to shut .... Etc | |
| 7th floor expenses and private schools | |
| Pushing a pen you' re not turning the tools | |
| 8th floor position, respect and acclaim | |
| Move up the 9th for fortune or fame | |
| 10th floor for investment and real estate | |
| Recouping the redies before it' s too late | |
| 11th floor the penthouse the final cut | |
| With a head full of comment and a mouth that stays shut | |
| Chorus | |
| The elevators going up | |
| Quick the door s about to shut .... Etc |