Crazy, but that's how it goes
Millions of people living as foes
and maybe it's not too late
to learn how to love
Forget how to hate

And the mental wound's not healing
Life's a bitter shame
I'm going off the rails on a crazy train
I'm going off the rails on a crazy train

I've listened to preachers
I've listened to fools
and I've watched all the dropouts
make their own rules
One person conditioned to rule and control
and the media sells it and you live the role

And the mental wound's still screaming
Driving me insane
I'm going off the rails on a crazy train
I've been going off the rails on a crazy train
I've been going off the rails on a crazy train

OH, MAN, THAT RIFF!

The heirs of a cold war
That's what we've become
Inheriting nothing
I'm mentally numb
I'm crazy, I cannot bear
living with something that just isn't fair

And the mental wound's not healing
Life's a bitter shame
I'm going off the rails on a crazy train
I'm going off the rails on a crazy train
I've been going off the rails on a crazy train
I've been going off the rails on a crazy train