Cruisin' 'round this hopeless town

Down the lonely streets of desire

You're my angel of mercy all dressed in white

And I'm a smoking gun for hire



Takin' a walk on the wild side

Johnny's got a habit that he can't hide

Living life from high to high

As night time comes you can hear him cry



Buzz, buzz goes the needle

With each jolt of pain I call out your name

Buzz, buzz goes the needle

And I sacrifice not in vain, not in vain



Day is night and night is day

Being alive just gets in the way

The twisting snake inside his brain

Whispers to him it's time to kill the pain



They told him opportunity was just around the corner

He wore out his shoes trying to find that corner

He might just pick himself up again

Until it happens, until then



Buzz, buzz goes the needle

With each jolt of pain I call out your name

Buzz, buzz goes the needle

And I sacrifice not in vain, not in vain



He's got a new tattoo dedicated to you

As the ink and the blood mix with pain

It's a man on a white horse going nowhere

And the man has no face or no name



With the walls closin' in he's running for cover

He's spinning way out of control

He might just pick himself up again

Until it happens, until then



Buzz, buzz goes the needle

With each jolt of pain I call out your name

Buzz, buzz goes the needle

And I sacrifice not in vain, not in vain



Buzz, buzz goes the needle

Each drop of blood is a token of love

Buzz, buzz goes the needle

And I wait for a sign from above