the police are on the scene   knocking on your door Mr. Queen   trying to keep you from taking your life   what are your neighbors to do   to come through for you   to try to keep you from losing your mind?      I hear the sergeant he's howling something   down at your end of the hall   I hear the sergeant he's howling something   about an anonymous call   "have you seen, mr. queen"      she was fast on her way   the traffic lights dragged on today   here she comes home to find you wasting away      I hear the sergeant he's howling something   down at your end of the hall   I hear the sergeant he's howling something   about an anonymous call   "have you seen, mr. queen"      you're a stone, you're a diamond   and then you fall like dominos   until you become a face that nobody knows   when you put yourself up on that tightrope   where one side is death and the other is hope      the papers read today   MR. QUEEN FOUND D.O.A.   what's his old lady to say?      and what are his neighbors to do   to try to come through   to try to keep her from losing her way