Johnny'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, laid 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 alley way   Lookin' for a new friend   The man in the coon-skin cap   In the pig pen   Wants eleven dollar bills   You only got ten      Maggie comes fleet foot   Face full of black soot   Talkin' that the heat put   Plants in the bed but   The phone's tapped anyway   Maggie says that many say   They must bust in early May   Orders from the D. A.   Look out kid   Don't matter what you did   Walk on your tip toes   Don't try "No Doz"   Better stay away from those   That carry around a fire hose   Keep a clean nose   Watch the plain clothes   You don't need a weather man   To know which way the wind blows      Get sick, get well   Hang around an ink well   Ring bell, hard to tell   If anything is goin' to sell   Try hard, get barred   Get back, write braille   Get jailed, jump bail   Join the army, if you fail   Look out kid   You're gonna get hit   But losers, cheaters   Six-time users   Hang around the theaters   Girl by the whirlpools   Lookin' for a new fool   Don't follow leaders   Watch the parkin' meters      Ah get born, keep warm   Short pants, romance, learn to dance   Get dressed, get blessed   Try to be a success   Please her, please him, buy gifts   Don't steal, don't lift   Twenty years of schoolin'   And they put you on the day shift   Look out kid   They keep it all hid   Better jump down a manhole   Light yourself a candle   Don't wear sandals   Try to avoid the scandals   Don't wanna be a bum   You better chew gum   The pump don't work   'Cause the vandals took the handles