Johnny bought a ticket for a 4:00 train

Spilled wine on his shirt and left a big red stain

Was a third world country, there were only two lanes

Left his lover waiting in the pouring rain.



Wasn't any law and there wasn't any order

Couldn't find a pay phone that didn't take quarters

Couldn't find a way to cross the God Damn border

Woulda snuck under the fence if he was just a little shorter.



CHORUS:

If you're gonna leave then you better move quickly

If you're gonna stay won't you whisper in my hear

Heart is beatin' fast and I'm feelin' kinda sickly

Gotta find a way to get the hell outta here.



Tried to find an embassy to plead his cause

He was lost like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz

Was a dictator talkin' gettin' lots of applause

Had a big white beard like Santa Claus.



Put some drugs in his pocket, it was all blackmail

Took away his passport and threw him in jail

Tried to call his parents but to no avail

Couldn't find anybody to pay his bail.



CHORUS:

If you're gonna leave then you better move quickly

If you're gonna stay won't you whisper in my ear

Heart is beatin' fast and I'm feelin' kinda sickly

Gotta find a way to get the hell outta here.



There was a warden in the jail that was so sadistic

He ruled the prison with force, he was militaristic

He made soup out of prisoners, he was cannibalistic

Johnny knew that if he stayed it would be fatalistic.



The warden summoned Johnny to his quarters at night

He took him to the kitchen and he bound him up tight

Johnny knew where he was headed he knew his plight

They thumped in the head and then they said,