Little John's got his head on right

He does a bang up business

In the middle of the night

And he sits by the radio,

Ain't givin nothin' away, oh no

And the calls come in on the CB

And little John, he's gonna send you what you need

Send you a little somethin'

To get you through the day

Ooh to get you through the day

Little Maria's in deep, can't stop

She been savin up her money for a beauty shop

She been countin' the days and the years

With a mark on the wall, oh yeah

And she came out here all fresh and young

Said she'd get out of the game before the damage got done

And little John he just laughed, now he's heard it all

Yes he's really heard it all

It's a lonely life

Wrapped up in the fingers of the night

Snapped up in the net so tight

You're wonderin' why you came,

Why you came

Yes it's a lonely life,

All alone on the derelict streets

You crawl home

When you're dead on your feet

You'll never leave the game

No, you'll never get out of the game

Oh no no

It's a lonely life

Wrapped up in the fingers of the night

Snapped up in the net so tight

You're wonderin' why you came,

Why you came

Yes it's a lonely life,

All alone on the derelict streets

You crawl home

When you're dead on your feet

You'll never leave the game

No, you'll never get out of the game

Oh no no

And there ain't no road in sight that's goin' home

You got little John with his bike

And girl you're all his own

And you think you're marking

Time 'til something comes along

But you're not the first little princess baby,

To find that you were wrong

And it's a lonely life

Wrapped up in the fingers of the night

Snapped up in the net so tight

You're wonderin' why you came,

Why you came

Yes it's a lonely life,

All alone on the derelict streets

You crawl home when you're dead on your feet

You'll never leave the game

No, you'll never get out of the game

Baby it's lonely life

It's such a lonely life

And you'll never get out,

No you'll never walk out of the game