Sandy likes his Valium.
Winding down when work is done.
Flight controller through the week.
Needs something to get some sleep.
Janie gets in accident.
She don't mind, couldn't care less.
Bangs her head, breaks her leg.
Takes some ludes and goes to bed for weeks.
(chorus)
Numb the brain, kill the pain.
Throwin' all your cares away.
You can never get enough.
Brings you down and brings you up.
Oh, you will
Never know it when it's gotcha.
Ronnie died at ten years old.
Yeah the TV took his soul.
Media kid and TV skid
Took his life, won't see his show no more.
Carmine ain't no pretty sight.
Raids the 'fridge most every night.
C'ain't help herself, she loves the taste.
Nervous tension, feeds her face, oh yeah.
-- Sue Saad and
Tony Riparetti. "It's Gotcha" from the album
Sue Saad and the Next (1980)