'The L Train Song' Pokes Fun At Pretentious Subway Riders (VIDEO)

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This song is for everyone who ever suspiciously peered over a fellow subway rider's shoulder and judged that person by what he or she was reading -- so, pretty much, this song is for everyone.

The "L Train Song," named for New York City's shuttle to ... let's just say the trendy part of Brooklyn, takes aim at the pretentious commuters who would never, ever hold a Dan Brown book on the train, instead opting to read Kafka "REALLY LOUD."

"A lot of the time I think people read books on the train that they have no intention of continuing to read when they get home," Jenny Jaffe, who co-wrote the song with friend Max Ash, told the Huffington Post in an e-mail.

Jaffe and Ash, two thirds of the faux-folk trio Plaidadactyl, dedicated the song to their absent bandmember, Jack Quaid -- who also happens to be the son of Meg Ryan and Dennis Quaid.

All in all, you might say the take away message here is that "Raising a child is hard, you know what's harder? Reading Kafka."

For more music from Jenny and Max, check out "Strange Objects," which the duo recently recorded as Poppy Chaos.

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