The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
I hope you find what you're looking for
When it all comes running down
I hope you find it painted black on your window
Or the lips of your lover's frown
Because if it dies in the cold, when the clouds start to roll
Is it then that your soul starts to bleed?
Have you ever seen the President who killed your wounded child?
Or the man that crashed your sister's plane claiming he was sent of God?
And when she died in your arms, late that night in the dark
Did you pray to your God to come home?
Because it ain't fair to say that these tracks are the same
So God, if you can hear me, crash this train
Said God, if you can hear me, crash this train
Now a note to the President, and the government, and the judges of this place
We're still waiting for you to bring our troops home, and clean up that mess you made
Because it smells of blood and money and oil across the Iraqi land
But it seems so easy to blind us with your "United We Stand"
And it ain't hard to see that this country ain't free
So God, if you can hear me, crash this train
Said God, if you can hear me, crash this train
To the mothers and to the fathers who've done the best they could
Because raising young ones in a messed up world, it ain't so understood
So I'll cover my ears, I'll cover my eyes, pretend that love's the same
With one court's signature, it all becomes erased
And it ain't hard to tell
When it's love that we sell
So God, if you can hear me, crash this train
Said God, if you can hear me, crash this train
Said God, if you can hear me, crash this train
I said my God, if you can hear me, crash this train
When it all comes running down
I hope you find it painted black on your window
Or the lips of your lover's frown
Because if it dies in the cold, when the clouds start to roll
Is it then that your soul starts to bleed?
Have you ever seen the President who killed your wounded child?
Or the man that crashed your sister's plane claiming he was sent of God?
And when she died in your arms, late that night in the dark
Did you pray to your God to come home?
Because it ain't fair to say that these tracks are the same
So God, if you can hear me, crash this train
Said God, if you can hear me, crash this train
Now a note to the President, and the government, and the judges of this place
We're still waiting for you to bring our troops home, and clean up that mess you made
Because it smells of blood and money and oil across the Iraqi land
But it seems so easy to blind us with your "United We Stand"
And it ain't hard to see that this country ain't free
So God, if you can hear me, crash this train
Said God, if you can hear me, crash this train
To the mothers and to the fathers who've done the best they could
Because raising young ones in a messed up world, it ain't so understood
So I'll cover my ears, I'll cover my eyes, pretend that love's the same
With one court's signature, it all becomes erased
And it ain't hard to tell
When it's love that we sell
So God, if you can hear me, crash this train
Said God, if you can hear me, crash this train
Said God, if you can hear me, crash this train
I said my God, if you can hear me, crash this train
Lyrics submitted by spaces570, edited by Mellow_Harsher
Crash This Train Lyrics as written by Joshua Fred James
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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