Junkie's lament         Rikki's been kicking the gong   Lickety split didn't take too long   A junkies sick a monkeys strong   That's what's wrong      Well I guess he's been messing around down town   So sad to see the man losing ground   He's winding down behind closed doors   On all fours      Mama don't you call him my name   He can't hear you anymore   And even if he seems the same to you   That's a stranger to your door   Go on ask him what's he come here for      Oh my God a monkey can move a man   Send him to hell and home again   With an empty hand in the afternoon   Shooting for the moon      He's halfway sick and it's halfway stoned   He'd sure like to quit but he's too far far gone   And they'll wind him down with the methadone   He's all on his own      Baby don't you throw your love away   I hate to seem unkind   It's only that I understand the man   That the monkey can leave behind   And I used to think he was a friend of mine