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, 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-skip cap
  In the big 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 DA
  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 failed
  Look out kid
  You're gonna get hit
  But users, cheaters
  Six-time losers
  Hang around the theaters
  Girl by the whirlpool
  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.