[Verse 1]
What you gonna do?
Time's caught up with you
Now you wait your turn
You know there's no return
Take your written rules
You join the other fools
Turn to something new
Now it's killing you

[Verse 2]
First, it was the bomb
Vietnam napalm
Disillusioning
You push the needle in
From life, you escape
Reality's that way
Colors in your mind
Satisfy your time

[Instrumental Interlude]

[Bridge 1]
Oh, you
You know you must be blind
To do something like this
To take the sleep that you don't know
You're giving Death a kiss
Oh, little fool, now
[Bridge 2]
Your mind
Is full of pleasure
Your body's looking ill
To you, it's shallow leisure
So, drop the acid pill
Don't stop to think now

[Instrumental Interlude]

[Bridge 3]
You're having a good time, baby
But that won't last
Your mind's all full of things
You're living too fast
Go out enjoy yourself
Don't bottle it in
You need someone to help you
To stick the needle in, yeah

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 4]
Now you know the scene
Your skin starts turning green
Your eyes no longer seeing
Life's reality
You push the needle in
And face death's sickly grin
Holes are in your skin
Caused by deadly pin
[Verse 5]
Head starts spinning round
You fall down to the ground
Feel your body heave
Death's hands start to weave
It's too late to turn
You don't want to learn
"Price of life," you cry
And now you're gonna die!

[Instrumental Outro]