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Trainwreck 1979 Lyrics
I was born on the highway in a trainwreck
With a heart that was beating outta my chest
So now if I follow it around the world I can't keep up
If I don't get it soon I know I'll bleed until I drop
'Cause I want it all, I can't get enough
'Cause I want it all, I can't get enough
There's a darkness and a hollow on the highway
Every cross by the roadside tells a story
So now if I follow it around the world I can't keep up
This story never ends as long as we have blood and guts
'Cause I want it all, I can't get enough
'Cause I want it all, I can't get enough
I can't get enough, I can't get enough
It ran off the track 11-79 while the immigrants slept
There wasn't much time, the mayor came calling and got 'em outta bed
They packed up their families and headed upwind
A poison cloud, a flaming sky, 200,000 people and no one died
And all before the pocket dial, yeah!
I keep searchin' and searchin'
I keep searchin' and searchin'
Now I'm stranded, tied to the tracks, there's no hero, there's no villain
There's nobody I can blame, the story's still the same
I'm never satisfied, it's a problem in my brain
I keep searchin' and searchin'
I keep searchin' and searchin'
'Cause I want it all, I can't get enough
'Cause I want it all, I can't get enough
(Can't get enough) I can't get enough
(Can't get enough) I can't get enough
(Can't get enough) I can't get enough
(Can't get enough) I can't get enough
With a heart that was beating outta my chest
So now if I follow it around the world I can't keep up
If I don't get it soon I know I'll bleed until I drop
'Cause I want it all, I can't get enough
Every cross by the roadside tells a story
So now if I follow it around the world I can't keep up
This story never ends as long as we have blood and guts
'Cause I want it all, I can't get enough
I can't get enough, I can't get enough
There wasn't much time, the mayor came calling and got 'em outta bed
They packed up their families and headed upwind
A poison cloud, a flaming sky, 200,000 people and no one died
And all before the pocket dial, yeah!
I keep searchin' and searchin'
There's nobody I can blame, the story's still the same
I'm never satisfied, it's a problem in my brain
I keep searchin' and searchin'
'Cause I want it all, I can't get enough
(Can't get enough) I can't get enough
(Can't get enough) I can't get enough
(Can't get enough) I can't get enough
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Submitted by
xl4n1x On Sep 08, 2014
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At first I thought the song was about the band's troubles and eventual breakup, but after listening closely to the middle part I realized it was actually about the 1979 Mississauga train derailment.
200,000 people had to be evacuated from the city, which is right next to Toronto.
I'd be interested to find out if it had a direct connection to the bands' families.
I feel like the line is "The story never ends as long as we have blood and GUTS". If it isn't, it should be.