This Train Is About To Explode

Na de crash van het vliegtuig van GermanWings in maart 2015 schreven we This Train Is About To Explode. Hij gaat over het wonderlijke feit dat wij ons gewone leven weer weten te hervatten na een vreselijke ramp of een terroristische aanslag. Zelfs direct na de verschrikkelijke aanslagen van 13 november in Parijs stroomden de terrassen en bistro’s weer vol. Slecht nieuws voor de terroristen. Overlevingskunstenaars zijn we.

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Mrs Wilson, standing by the door
Mr Wilson calls her Eleanor
Please move on, she says
We have to be on time
The train won’t wait
So Mr and Mrs Wilson
Leave at four o’clock PM
Just in time to avoid the traffic jam
When they reach the tube
A crowd is pouring in
And so it goes when Mr Wilson says

We’re carrying a massive load
The moment we type the code
This train is about to explode
Oh yeah, explode

Everyone was taken by surprise
The papers, the experts, began to analyse
How could this be true
They seemed to be so nice
The neighbours said
But twenty-four were dead and
Buried, before the week was done
They reached for motives
And concluded there were none
As time went by the news
About Fred and Eleanor
Just seemed to fade
‘Till Mr Johnson said

We’re carrying a massive load
The moment we type the code
This train is about to explode
Oh yeah, explode

© Hans Croon