That vital number dies
When you leave your own back yard
Lost Johnny's out there
By sticking thumb tacks in her flesh
And we're all taking Tuenol
But you oughta really get some
She makes it big in photographs
Can you find the Valium?
Run and get the morphine
Can you bring it soon?
And you know he really tries
The radio still screams
And underneath the city
The time has come for you to choose
There's always trouble waiting
The truth is well concealed inside
You'd better get it right
Lost Johnny's out there
Like a faded movie star
Then here inside the waiting room
And Sally buys her underwear
Looking for relief
You can see it coming
The details of the game
Now Simon looks so evil
Berlin girls with sharp white teeth
From a store where no one goes
On the strength of what she shows
To murder our young dreams
About how the puppets cannot dance
Try to make it quick
It's pale and it flickers
For God's sake make it brief
You can hear it from afar
Baying at the Moon
And canceling the dream
Since someone cut the strings
They're trying to make us scream
Lost Johnny's out there
Are waiting in the night
And up there in the castle
But every time he makes a play
Run and fetch your credit card
It surely can't be hard
The alligators sing
