New Academics - Off the Rails Lyrics

Back in the lazy days we used to ride trains to catch waves
Clicketty-clack through False Bay
Rickety tracks take us back
Laughing and arsing through mouths of corn snacks
You better believe it when I say that things have changed
Time turns minds and teaches new kinds of games
Late nights chopping whites in the city of strange
Jo'burg tends to rework the paths in your brain
Sometimes I'd give my life to journey back again
Hang from straps in broken carrages hissing through the rain
Feast eyes upon the scandals of vandals on the main line, rushing by
"Your ma se poes" in black and white
Each letter more than four foot high
Why did we leave this simple life?
Yearnings and burnings from the crotch to behind the eyes
Give rise to all manner of lies
You can stare at my feet, but you avoid my eyes

Your crime is standing on the border line
Refusing to choose and just biding your time
Your jaw is sure to stay shut
My pulse starts to stride and strut
We try to live life with an open mind
But what's appearing our hearing turns eardrums blind
The speaker reeks of mistrust
Spit it out, you're starting to break up

Now when it comes down to it, you're a bit of a shit
I still love you like a brother
But I'm looking for another to lean on
And vent spleen on
On the right kind of night we'll call Mike
Take flight and get bean strong
I long for a return to the sun
Salt spray and sex wax all that's filling my lungs
But you stung me on the most tender bend of my soul
The bell tolls, you better hurry back to the fold

Your crime is standing on the border line
Refusing to choose and just biding your time
Your jaw is sure to stay shut
My pulse starts to stride and strut
We try to live life with an open mind
But what's appearing our hearing turns eardrums blind
The speaker reeks of mistrust
Spit it out, you're starting to break up
I don't want to choose the rails, I don't want to
Your jaw is sure to stay shut
My pulse starts to stride and strut yeah
I don't want to choose the rails, I don't want to
The speaker reeks of mistrust
Spit it out, you're starting to break up