Christmas rush, are you list'ning
In the lanes, cops are whist'ling
A horrible sight, another long night
Caught in a Manila Traffic Jam

There's a jam in Ayala
There's a flood in Buendia
A bus cuts me here, a truck hits my rear
Caught in a Manila Traffic Jam

It will be this way until Tayuman
We'll see jeepneys stopped when they should go
We'll ask, "Nasiraan?"  He'll say, "No man."
"Naghihintay ako ng pasahero!"

Later on, we'll perspire
As we fix a flat tire
We're moving so slow, we can't seem to go
Caught in a Manila Traffic Jam