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.