This earworm is slowly destroying my soul

[Fenris]

Driving that train, high on cocaine,
Casey jones is ready, watch your speed.
Trouble ahead, trouble behind,
And you know that notion just crossed my mind.

This old engine makes it on time,
Leaves central station ’bout a quarter to nine,
Hits river junction at seventeen to,
At a quarter to ten you know it’s travlin’ again.

Driving that train, high on cocaine,
Casey jones is ready, watch your speed.
Trouble ahead, trouble behind,
And you know that notion just crossed my mind.

Trouble ahead, lady in red,
Take my advice you’d be better off dead.
Switchman’s sleeping, train hundred and two is
On the wrong track and headed for you.

Driving that train, high on cocaine,
Casey jones is ready, watch your speed.
Trouble ahead, trouble behind,
And you know that notion just crossed my mind.

Trouble with you is the trouble with me,
Got two good eyes but you still don’t see.
Come round the bend, you know it’s the end,
The fireman screams and the engine just gleams...


It's been in my head since 4 AM. I do not own any Grateful Dead recordings, and I can count on one hand the number of times I have heard this song. And yet, it refuses to leave my head. :cry:

[Left Is Write]

1. Here, take mine.

This bloody road remains a mystery
This sudden darkness fills the air
What are we waiting for?
Won’t anybody help us?
What are we waiting for?
We can’t afford to be innocent
Stand up and face the enemy
It’s a do or die situation
We will be invincible

This shattered dream you cannot justify
We’re gonna scream until we’re satisified
What are we running for?
We’ve got the right to be angry
What are we running for?
When there’s no where we can run to anymore

We can’t afford to be innocent
Stand up and face the enemy
It’s a do or die situation
We will be invincible
And with the power of conviction
There is no sacrifice
It’s a do or die situation
We will be invincible

Won’t anybody help us?
What are we running for?
When there’s no where, no where we can run to anymore

We can’t afford to be innocent
Stand up and face the enemy
It’s a do or die situation
We will be invincible
And with the power of conviction
There is no sacrifice
It’s a do or die situation
We will be invincible

[Droopy]

2. There are much worse songs to have stuck in your head

Europe's "The Final Countdown" has been running around my head ever since that silly Europe thread.

[Left Is Write]

3. Oh, shit.

I'd rather have MY earworm than THAT one!

[miss_american_pie]

4. Erm, mine is Rod Stewart

Want to trade?

[taterguy]

5. Which version?

I'm quite fond of the one done by Warren Zevon

[Dora]

6. here, have mine:

White on white translucent black capes
Back on the rack
Bela Lugosi's dead
The bats have left the bell tower
The victims have been bled
Red velvet lines the black box
Bela Lugosi's dead
Undead undead undead
The virginal brides file past his tomb
Strewn with time's dead flowers
Bereft in deathly bloom
Alone in a darkened room
The count
Bela Logosi's dead
Undead undead undead

***

I've never owned a single Bauhaus recording in my life. I only saw a Bauhaus bumper sticker this morning, and now I'm "undead, undead, undead..."

[Arkansas Granny]

7. Did you watch CBS Sunday Morning yesterday? They had a

segment on about Casey Jones and played a snippet of your earworm.

[In_The_Wind]

8. I love it!

[Jazz2006]

9. Thanks a lot....

now it's stuck in MY head.

Grrrrrrr.


:)