Lost Johnny

You only get a single chance
The rules are very plain
The truth is well concealed inside
The details of the game
You can see it coming
You can hear it from afar
Its pale and it flickers
Like a faded movie star
And up there in the castle
Theyre trying to make us scream
By sticking thumb tacks in her flesh
And canceling the dream
Can you find the
Valium?Can you bring it soon?
Lost Johnnys out there
Baying at the
MoonThe time has come for you to choose
Youd better get it right
Berlin girls with sharp white teeth
Are waiting in the night
But you oughta really get some
It surely cant be hard
Theres always trouble waiting
When you leave your own back yard
And underneath the city
The alligators sing
About how the puppets cannot dance
Since someone cut the strings
Run and get the morphine
For Gods sake make it brief
Lost Johnnys out there
Looking for relief
Now Simon 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
Then here inside the waiting room
The radio still screams
And were all taking
TuenolTo murder our young dreams
Run and fetch your credit card
Try to make it quick
Lost Johnnys out there
Trying to turn a trick