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Accidents Will Happen is a song from the fifth series dedicated to the various accidents that occurred during the series. It was first released on Races, Rescues and Runaways and Other Thomas Adventures in the US. A CGI version of the music video was released on the Team Up With Thomas UK DVD on 7th August 2017.

An instrumental lullaby version was created for the digital album, Lullabies.

Lyrics

Thrills and spills on the railway
It's a life of happiness
But sometimes impatience
Can lead to carelessness
Some think they are smart cats
And some just know it all
But sooner or later we all find out that . . .
Chorus:
Accidents happen now and again
Just when you least expect
Just when you think that life is OK
Fate comes to collect
Accidents happen now and again
When people or trains get smart
And if you don't concentrate on the thing that you're doing
Accidents will happen — just like that
Your best-laid plans can turn upside down
If you get too confident
Sometimes you will slip and slide
If that's Lady Luck's intent
One minute you're riding high
The next you're on the ground
But please remember — whatever the weather
You must take care 'cause
Accidents happen now and again
Sometimes just by chance
You gotta pick yourself up and dust yourself down
Put it down to experience
Accidents happen now and again
Just don't take it all to heart
'Cause if you don't concentrate on the thing that you're doing
Accidents will happen — just like that
The warning signs are there for us to see most of the time
But sometimes we take chances and ignore the danger signs
Fate can surprise you — with no reason or rhyme
Make sure you learn your lesson
You'll know better next time
(Chorus)
Accidents happen now and again
Sometimes just by chance
You gotta pick yourself up and dust yourself down
Put it down to experience
Accidents happen now and again
Just don't take it all to heart
If you don't concentrate on the thing that you're doing
And whatever you're doin' is not what you're thinking
Accidents - incidents
Accidents - incidents — accidents happen just like that!

Characters

Locations

Footage Used

Deleted and Extended Scenes

  • Thomas, Terence and the Snow:
    • An alternate angle of Thomas entering the tunnel.
    • An extended shot of Thomas' perspective.
    • An extended shot of Thomas coming out of the tunnel.
    • An extended ending of Thomas looking down before he rolls his eyes getting trapped in the snow.
  • A Scarf for Percy:
    • An extended shot of Percy running over the baggage trolley.
    • An extended shot of the jam falling on Percy.
    • Jam ends up falling on a troublesome truck.
  • Trust Thomas:
    • An extended ending of Thomas crashing onto the jetty.
    • An alternate take of the jetty hitting the other side of the pond, causing the water to splash more violently.
    • An extended scene of Thomas sinking.
  • Granpuff - An alternate shot of Falcon and Stuart bashing their trucks together with Duke looking cross. Also, Duke is already cross before Falcon and Stuart collided into each other.
  • Bulldog - An extended shot of Falcon and Duke puffing out of the tunnel.
  • Trucks - A close-up of Peter Sam shutting his eyes before the trucks hit him.
  • Rock 'n' Roll - An alternate shot of Duncan rocking and rolling before he derails.
  • Thomas and the Special Letter - An extended shot of Thomas' eyes looking up as his buffers are badly bent.
  • Special Attraction - A deleted scene of Percy rolling his eyes after the crash.
  • Duncan Gets Spooked - A wide-shot of the trucks passing the sign.

Trivia

Goofs

  • The scene of James' nameboard is reversed, as the steam is going back under him.
  • In the sing-along version of the music video, there is a rendering error during the explosion caused by Boulder, and Gordon's scene right afterwards.
  • During the extended shot of Thomas going through the tunnel, the edge of the set can be seen.

In Other Languages

Language Title
Brazilian Portuguese Problemas podem acontecer
Japanese じこはおこるさ
Latin American Spanish Un Accidente Puede Ocurrir

Home Media Releases

UK

DVD Boxsets

US

CAN

  • Races, Rescues and Runaways and Other Thomas Adventures
  • Thomas' Trackside Tunes
  • Thomas Gets Bumped and Other Stories (DVD only)


DVD Boxsets

AUS

  • Truck Loads of Fun
  • Team Up With Thomas (CGI Version)

DVD Boxsets

JPN

LATAM

CDS

Music Video


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