Motörhead - Lost Johnny

Lyrics:

You only get a single chance
The rules are very plain,
The truth is well concealed inside
The details of the game,
You can hear it coming,
You can see it from afar,
It's pale and it glimmers
Like a faded movie star

And out there in the castle,
They're trying to make us scream,
By sticking thumb tags in a flash
And cancelling the dream,
Can you find the Valium,
Can you bring them soon,
Lost Johnny's out there,
Baying at the moon

The time has come for you to choose,
You'd better get it right,
Pulling girls with sharp white teeth
Are waiting in the night,
But you want to really get some,
It surely can't be hard,
There's always trouble lurking
When you leave your own backyard

Underneath the city,
The alligators sing,
Of how the fool he cannot dance,
When someone cuts the strings,
Can you find the morphine,
Try to be so brief,
Lost Johnny's out there,
Looking for relief

That laddie looks so evil,
And you know he really tries,
But every time he makes a play,
That battle compromise,
And shall I find their underwear,
From a store where no-one goes,
She makes it big in dugs,
On the strength of what she shows,

And here inside the waiting room,
The radio still screams,
And we're shooting tunial,
To murder all young things,
Can you find your credit card,
For god's sake make it quick,
Lost Johnny's out there,
Trying to turn a trick

Category:

Music

Tags:

• lost
• johnny
• on
• parole
• motorhead

[HeavyAcid666]

its a good cover, but the Hawkwind version is a bit better cause the spacey feel

[niccopapavescovo]

the best version is by hawkwind more acid and more spacepsychedelictrippin'

[brybish]

i do like the link Motorhead and hawkwind lemmy is a rock god this just sounds so right.

[MikeTheKingScorp1993]

0 faggots saw the video, which is of course a good thing.

[Gerkilmister]

yeah man! this is the funking rock!

[TheRockersway]

lemmy, yes good memories and good times.

[cmotherfuckyou]

@niccopapavescovo i actually like this version better for the exact same reason. the hawkwind version, and hawkwind in general, will always be more on the fantastical side of things.... eating acid, dropping out, etc, etc,..... this version drops it into raw reality and really gives it meaning. this shit is real. blunt and to the point. this is where the message of the song truly materializes.

[KevsoldLandy]

Lyrics are wrong. I'm not sure about the rest but this bit: And shall I find their underwear, From a store where no-one goes, She makes it big in dugs, On the strength of what she shows, Should be: And Sally buys her underwear From a store where no-one goes She makes it big in photographs On the strength of what she shows. I prefer the Hawkwind (original) version myself as much as I love Motorhead.

[HeavyAcid666]

@alexsuchapimp It's still technically a cover due to different musicians playing it but I get what you're saying, quite frankly who cares either way its a great fucking song.

[alexsuchapimp]

@HeavyAcid666 it's not a cover. Both the Hawkwind version and the Motorhead version have the Lemmy singing, and he wrote the song. So yeah

[theflashHS]

God dam i love the outro