Lost Johnny lyrics

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