I dreamt I was falling   I never woke up   I dreamt of a warning   A yellow buttercup      I dreamt of an old flame   Smoking cigarettes she was   Dancing in a night club   With some other men      I was holding up a drugstore   My gun was soaking wet   From the barrel I was trapped in   That went tumbling over the edge      You can call me number 5   Please please my my   Call me number 5   Call me number 5   That's why I'm still alive      The barrel cracked up open   I was swimming for my breath   I knew I wouldn't make it   She watched me catch my death      So I switched on the TV   Saw me reading out the news   Another story of a plane crash   Another story of bad news      The TV cracked up open   My baby boy came out   I was looking at my new wife   I ain't writing home about      You can call me number 5   Please please my my   That's why I'am still alive      I boxed around a sliver ring   With blood stains on my face   I cut the dog with yellow teeth   And drove his car away      You can call me number 5   Please please my my   Call me number 5   Call me number 5   That's why I'm still alive