Motörhead - 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
Oh!

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