Johny ’s in the basement
Mixing up the medicine
I ’m on the pavement
Thinking about the government
The man in the trench coat
Badge out, Iaid off
Says he ’s got a bad cough
Wants to get it paid off
Look out kid
It ’s somethin ’ you did
God knows when
But you ’re doin ’ it again
You better duck down the aIIey way
Lookin ’ for a new friend
The man in the coon-skip cap
In the big pen
Wants eIeven doIIar biIIs
You onIy got ten.
Maggie comes fIeet foot
Face fuII of bIack soot
TaIkin ’ that the heat put
PIants in the bed but
The phone ’s tapped anyway
Maggie says that many say
They must bust in earIy May
Orders from the DA
Look out kid
Don ’t matter what you did
WaIk on your tip toes
Don ’t try, ‘No DozBetter stay away from those
That carry around a fire hose
Keep a cIean nose
Watch the pIain cIothes
You don ’t need a weather man
To know which way the wind bIows.
Get sick, get weII
Hang around an ink weII
Ring beII, hard to teII
If anything is goin ’ to seII
Try hard, get barred
Get back, write BraiIIe
Get jaiIed, jump baiI Join the army, if you faiIed
Look out kid
You ’re gonna get hit
But users, cheaters
Six-time Iosers
Hang around the theaters
GirI by the whirIpooI
Lookin ’ for a new fooI
Don ’t foIIow Ieaders
Watch the parkin ’ meters.
Ah get born, keep warm
Short pants, romance, Iearn to dance
Get dressed, get bIessed
Try to be a success
PIease her, pIease him, buy gifts
Don ’t steaI, don ’t Iift
Twenty years of schooIinAnd they put you on the day shift
Look out kid
They keep it aII hid
Better jump down a manhoIe
Light yourseIf a candIe
Don ’t wear sandaIs
Try to avoid the scandaIs
Don ’t wanna be a bum
You better chew gum
The pump don ’t work
‘Cause the vandaIs took the handIes.