TO ALL THE LUCKY KIDS

(Aux Enfants de la Chance)
Translation by Lulu Norman, PG Imhof & Mick Harvey


To all the lucky kids
Who have never been on trips
Shooting up shit
In substance I'd say this

Don't touch amphetamines
Or angel dust
Don't shoot up that shit
Zero hero for eternity

Don't be so reckless
Or pretend you couldn't care less
Or waste yourselves before you're due
Like Lisa or Janis, hear this

Don't go near magic mushrooms
Or acrid marijuana fumes
'Cause that's how you'll get screwed
You'll get screwed for good

Don't try dragon chasing
Don't even think of free basing
Don't shoot up that shit
Zero hero for eternity

I say to him and to her
To go get those dealers
In the shadows awaiting the score
Horror midnight