| You only get a single chance, the rules are very plain |
| The truth is well concealed inside the details of the game |
| You can hear it coming, you can see it from afar; |
| It’s pale, and it glimmers like a faded movie star |
| And here inside the castle, they’re trying to make her scream |
| By sticking thumb tacks in her flesh, and cancelling the dream |
| Can you find the Valium? |
| Can you bring it soon? |
| Lost Johnny’s out there, baying at the moon |
| The time has come for you to choose, you’d better get it right |
| Smiling girls with sharp white teeth are waiting in the night |
| But you want to really get some, it surely can’t be hard |
| There’s always trouble waiting when you leave your own backyard |
| And underneath the city, the alligators sing |
| Of how the fool, he cannot dance |
| Since someone cuts the strings |
| Can you get the morphine? |
| Try to be so brief |
| Lost Johnny’s out there, looking for relief |
| Now, Larry looks so evil, and you know he really tries |
| But every time he makes a play, that vital number dies |
| And Sally buys her underwear from a store where no-one goes |
| She makes it big in photographs on the strength of what she shows |
| And here inside the waiting room, the radio still screams |
| And we’re all shooting Tuinal to murder all your dreams |
| Can you find your credit card? |
| For God’s sake, make it quick |
| Lost Johnny’s out there, trying to turn a trick |