Rattling down the track on iron wheels This is not an exercise, it's for real I'm up here in the rushing wind, way down there This town is just a traffic jam You can't walk the streets or breathe the air I'm a runaway train driver I'm a runaway train driver I'm a runaway train driver Heading off the rails Thundering through the night with the moon in my eyes Down into the daybreak and the new sunrise All I found was loneliness in the crush of the crowd But I'm bound for freedom now I've got power and speed, I'm never slowing down I'm a runaway train driver I'm a runaway train driver I'm a runaway train driver Heading off the rails I am no ordinary vandal, oh no Hanging on to the dead man's handle And I'm never going to let go Never going to let go Never going to let go This is not the green train This is not the green train This is not the green train I'm pulling this cargo up and over the top It's a loaded son of a gun with the hammer cocked Slow-moving son of a bomb, soon it's going to roll It's too late to evacuate, it wouldn't do any good Where would you go? I'm a runaway train driver I'm a runaway train driver I'm a runaway train driver Heading off the rails This is not the green train This is not the green train This is not the green train This is not the green train