Crazy Train

Album: Blizzard of Ozz (1980)

As the lead single from Ozzy Osbourne's debut solo album, "Crazy Train" is one of the most celebrated and recognized songs in heavy metal. It showcases Randy Rhoads' revolutionary guitar style and addresses themes of Cold War-era paranoia and societal madness.

[Intro]
All aboard!
Hahahahahahaha...
Ay, ay, ay!

[Verse 1]
Mental wounds 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

[Verse 2]
I've listened to preachers, I've listened to fools
I've watched all the dropouts who make their own rules
One person conditioned to rule and control
The media sells it, and you live the role

[Chorus]
Mental wounds still screaming
Driving me insane
I'm going off the rails on a crazy train
I'm going off the rails on a crazy train

[Post-Chorus]
I know that things are going wrong for me
You gotta listen to my words, yeah

[Guitar Solo - Randy Rhoads]

[Verse 3]
Heirs of a cold war, that's what we've become
Inheriting troubles, I'm mentally numb
Crazy, I just cannot bear
I'm living with something that just isn't fair

[Chorus]
Mental wounds not healing
Who and what's to blame?
I'm going off the rails on a crazy train
I'm going off the rails on a crazy train