Going Off the Rails on This Crazy Train

We’re just all Passengers on this wild train ride called Life.

Out of control usually. So just sit back and enjoy. There is little you can control except your faith, your family, your friendships. Really that’s all that’s ultimately important though isn’t it?

The bridge ahead may go out at times or not even completed. The rails may need to be replaced. The tracks pulled up for new ones to be put in with better materials.

The train runs on coal powered steam or on electric. It’s heavy. It’s massive. It’s intimidating. And it’s fast. Especially when it has a full head of steam.

So sit back, look out the windows and take in the scenery.

And remember we may be riding off the rails on this crazy train but what a ride!

Lyrics to “Crazy Train” by Ozzy Osbourne (1980)

“Crazy, but that's how it goes

Millions of people living as foes

Maybe it's not too late

To learn how to love

And forget how to hate

Mental wounds not healing

Life's a bitter shame

I'm going off the rails on a crazy train

I've listened to preachers

I've listened to fools

I've watched all the dropouts

Who make their own rules

One person conditioned to rule and control

The media sells it, and you live the role

Mental wounds still screaming

Driving me insane

I'm going off the rails on a crazy train

I know that things are going wrong for me

You gotta listen to my words, yeah

Heirs of a cold war

That's what we've become

Inheriting troubles, I'm mentally numb

Crazy, I just cannot bear

I'm living with something that just isn't fair

Mental wounds not healing

Who and what's to blame?

I'm going off the rails on a crazy train.”

• Ozzy Osborn