Needful Things

NEEDFUL THINGS - Written by Carroll Bryant

"Mrs. Floyd, can Tommy come out and ... play?"

She took the elevator ride up to the penthouse

All things aside, she pulled a condom out

Thunder was raging, lightning lit up the night sky

John Doe with some blow preparing to get high

Down on her knees she punched her card for the clock in

Money needs making so she sells her own skin

Twenty dollars here, twenty dollars there

Take it up the ass, it doesn't matter 'cause she don't care

Back down on the street, another time for the making

Another dumb Joe is there for the taking

A little girls vision got lost inside a dream

Making a quick play for one of life's needful things

I cry a tear for her and her behavior

The bitter taste society must savor now

Can Tommy come out and play? Can Tommy come out and play?

Can Tommy come out and play? Can Tommy come out and play?

I realize that I am only human

A mortal man fighting the forces of the heavens

Keep it in check 'cause you know it's a heartbreak 

President elect got the money - is on the take

From the F.B.I. to the C.I.Agency 

The government invented death - it's an aids thing

You're getting slapped on the left side, slapped on the right side

Suicidal tendencies come like a landslide

Welfare bitches who are playing it so cool

Dealer's on the street corner selling to more fools

Educating children doesn't prove to be smart

Body bags are selling on sale at the K-Mart

Uncle Sam is running the majority dope scene

Spending your taxes on less than needful things

I close my eyes as I can sense the trouble

Get ready, set, and running on the double now

Can Tommy come out and play? Can Tommy come out and play?

Can Tommy come out and play? Can Tommy come out and play?

I realize that I am only human

A mortal man fighting the forces of the heavens

Earth is quaking, night of the dark clouds

Bases loaded in the ninth with two outs

Millions gather outside the Vatican

Pope John Paul saves each and every one of them 

Souls are reaching, minds are learning

Bow to the boss on the cross that's burning

We're standing in the middle of a new situation

Clinging to a trust that defies superstition

Satan keeps calling out to the angels

Spreading his sex wherever the winds blow

Listen to the sweet sound of a church choir sing

Everybody be praying for more than needful things

I shake my head and guess as I hear laughter

Here's hoping God will bless us here and after now

Can Tommy come out and play? Can Tommy come out and play?

Can Tommy come out and play? Can Tommy come out and play?

I realize that I am only human

A mortal man fighting the forces of the heavens

I see the plague that's surely killing

Bodies eager and more than willing now