Oh no, here we go again
It's time to spend the last lucky dollar
Can't you see it now: sleeping on the train 
And singing that sad refrain 
Oh.. You could have been a contender 
By the look in their eyes 
You can see that they despise you 
But you know it doesn't much really matter 
Because there's the train, there's the track 
Don't say goodbye and don't look back 
Because if you do 
You know that you're going to shatter 
 
You never took me where I wanted to go 
You never told me what I wanted to know 
You couldn't see what I was trying to show 
It must have been some strange reaction 
And you split me when I started to crack 
And you forgot me when I went off the track 
And you just put another knife in my back 
It must have been some strange reaction 
 
Must be some strange reaction of a chemical kind 
When all your problems develop complications 
Can't get to sleep when all the people on the street 
Are just like insects crawling on a carcass 
 
You were crawling when I wanted to fly 
You were laughing when I wanted to cry 
And where were you when when I wanted to die? 
It must have been some strange reaction 
I was cursing when you tried to pray 
To an idol with feet of clay 
You had a party but nobody came 
It must have been some strange reaction 
 
I don't know, I don't know, I don't know 
It must have been some strange reaction.