god's Plastic Railway setting off on the wrong track
With a catalogue of failures and designers full of smack
Heading down the mainline there is no turning back
On god's Plastic Railway heading off on the wrong track

He stuffed the Great Western and he stuffed up British Rail
He stuffed the LMS and now the whole system's failing
He messed up Intercity, he messed up Railfreight
The whole system's messed up every train is running late

On god's Plastic Railway setting off on the wrong track
With a catalogue of failures and designers full of smack
Heading down the mainline there is no turning back
On god's Plastic Railway heading off on the wrong track

He withdrew all the rolling stock, he bought a load of paint
He built a fleet of plastic units, every passenger hates
He introduced designer brands that don't make any sense
On his fragmented network that's lacking relevance

We're not getting there

Poor old Casey Jones he would be turning in his grave
'Cos bricks fly by when you're the driver of a train
Over catch-points, through red signals, stuff the destination
There's a whole load of plastic passing station after station

On god's Plastic Railway setting off on the wrong track
With a catalogue of failures and designers full of smack
Heading down the mainline, there is no turning back
On god's Plastic Railway heading off on the wrong track

We're not getting there…