The Train has left the station and it is never coming back
It makes the same sound as any other Train as it travels
down the track
But this Train is different it doesn’t care if you are an
everyday person
Or a famous person full of fame and success
This Train is the excess express
First on board is a Platinum Blonde named Norma
Jean Baker
She rides the Train to wherever it will take her
She once sang for a President who was celebrating
a Birthday
The President likes her nice and close but at the same
time he wishes that she would go away
Norma Jean also goes by the name of Marilyn Monroe
Who found her fame as a movie actress
But she couldn’t deal with all the success
That is why she is riding this one way ticket Train
She took a shitload of pills to deal with her pain
Next on board is Brain Jones an original Rolling
Stone
Who wasn’t adverse to smoking the odd joint or cone
He played the Tamborine and the Rhythm Guitar
People were saying this guy is gonna go far
With his blonde hair and good looks he thought he
should be the leader of the band
But Jagger and Richards were the ones holding the
winning hand
After all they were writing all of the songs
So Brain Jones withdrew into himself drinking and smoking
bongs
Brain liked to hold a lot of parties and drink a lot of Alcohol
And he snorted way too much Coke
He might be kind of famous but he is just ordinary folk
At his last party he went for a swim in his pool
But Brain Jones broke the number one golden rule
You never swim while under the influence of illegal
substances
Or you will become the victim of the circumstances
Walking down the Platform just about to board is Janis
Joplin and Jimi Hendrix
Both burst onto the scene about 1966
Janis sang Rock and the Blues better then any white girl
could
While Jimi played Electric Guitar better then any Black
man could
But Janis didn’t like the way that she looked
People called her an ugly Duckling or a Pig
So she started to get drunk before and after every gig
Jimi liked the way that he played but he didn’t like the
way that he sang
He didn’t think that he had the Chops
He was doing stuff that he shoudnt be doing getting in
trouble with the Cops
They both had an addiction to the needle and the spoon
On a ride to the dark side of the Moon
Jimi went first and Janis about a year later
They had low self esteem and were self haters
They both thought that they could play with Fire and not
get a blister
Now they are gone but not forgotten Brother and Sister
The Excess Express is rumbling down the track
You better hope that it just slows down but doesn’t stop
Or just put your Head in the slot and wait for the Guillotine
to drop
In 1977 Elvis Presley was bloated and fat from substance abuse
and over eating
His overindulgence is going to take some beating
The King surrounded himself with people who couldn’t tell him no
So Elvis kept on doing the bad things doing all the bad stuff
He never knew when enough was enough
So Elvis sat down and he ate his last meal with some uppers
and downers for Dessert
He would just eat and eat until it hurt
After eating and indulging in drugs he needed to visit the
Bathroom
So he had a seat and his Heart skipped a beat
And then it stopped beating forever
The King is dead
Elvis has left the building
And he is never coming back
Two comedians John candy and John Belulshi
go a business trip together but they don’t go by Plane
They decide to travel by Train
Are they freaking insane?
They say that all Comedians have a darker half
They don’t walk down the Yellow Brick Road
They walk a rocky troubled path
Well these two were shovelling more Snow then a New
York resident
They were in more trouble then the before mentioned
President
But the spotlight and the attention was more then they could
take
They take to many drugs that they want just buckle they will
break
And break they did they weren’t beautifully broken they were
broken in an ugly way
They are broken bad and they will stay that way
John and John went on a bender
They inhale more drugs then customs has ever detected
And they have smoked more drugs then John Wet has ever
rejected
Even though they died in different years John and John cried
the same tears
They died in different cities but they both died alone
In a Motel room a long way from home
The Excess Express isn’t trying to impress anybody
It just deals with the facts
It goes back and forth up and down the tracks
Picking up lonely lost Souls who died before their time
They were blinded by fame and ignored the warning signs
River Phenoix went to the Viper Room but he didn’t see a Snake
Like all of the others before him he made the same mistakes
He took more drugs then his body could handle
River was burning both ends of the candle
The wick is burning and River is covered in Wax
The only good thing about dying is that dead men pay no Tax
The Pheonix has stopped rising
The song has stopped reprising
We have come to Rivers final interlude
He is now shaking hands with Saint Jude
Kurt Cobain was the reluctant leader of Grunge
And all of the bad Juju he soaked up like a sponge
All of the people in the know were saying that Nirvana
were going straight to the top
What they didn’t know was that the Penny was about to drop
Kurt knew that he was a kid playing a big mans game
He didn’t like the spotlight he couldn’t handle the fame
So Kurt picked up a Gun and blew away his Head
And all of a sudden the leader of Grunge was dead
All Kurt wanted to do was play his music without any of
the Business Bullshit
But the fans and the music press wouldn’t give him a moment
of peace
So the Bullet to the Head gave him the release
Keith Moon Heath Ledger Michael Hutchence Whitney Housten
They all died way before their time was up
But they all had one thing in common
They all lived under the glare of the spotlight
And they all died alone
Just because you aren’t famous doesn’t mean that the Excess
Express wont stop at your Station
Because it will
So if you want to dabble in Drugs don’t go overboard cause the Train
will stop
You will climb aboard and fall the long endless drop
