Junky Man Lyrics - Jim Carroll

By rancid: 

The common man doesn't suffer pain like this 

Only the soul that has never been kissed 

Let us adore our beautiful son 

He's ridin' on the rivers of babylon 

Bootin' up, shootin' up 

Bring on the brightness 

See the son of God is comin' up 

Your [sic] caught up in a system that's goin' 

No one answers no one takes that call from you 

Junky man tell me what your story is . . . 

Water I desire 

Some parents [sic] house is on fire 

Slowly the house gonna burn to the ground 

The neighborhood will watch . . . 

Will someone be a witness please 

Tell me that he's crazy 

But he's not and they thow that 

And they can't get him 'cause he's not crazy 

Beat him lock him knock him take away his authority 

Hit 'em, ship 'em, club 'em submitted conformity . . . 

By carroll: 

Audio sample 

My hand went blind clairvoyant 

I make love to my trance sister 

My trance sister went on 

And my trance parents see from the balcony 

I looked out on the big field 

It opens like the cover of an old bible 

And out come the wolves 

Their paws trampling the snow 

The alphabet 

I stand on my head and watch it all go away 

By rancid: 

Bootin' up, shootin' up 

Bring on the brightness 

See the sun of God is comin' up 

And there is a likeness 

Internalize the lunacy 

The misery is showin' when your [sic] brought up 

And your [sic] caught up in a system that is goin'