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 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