He tries so hard to get himself together

But he's so weak he couldn't lift a feather

And it looks as though it's gonna be bad weather

When he comes down from the clouds

His mother says, I wish he'd should stop his drinking

He's like a ship that's on the verge of sinking

But she don't see his pupils as they're shrinking

When he's away in the clouds

He's just a boy with a problem he can't conceal

He thinks he's controlling his habit

But soon from this earth

He will leave

He used to be a very happy fellow

And everything he did was very mellow

But now his skin is slowly turning yellow

Looking just like a bad dream

He used to play a melody so pretty

On a silver stick a long way from the city

But now my heart is so filled up with pity

What can we do with him now

He's just a boy with a problem he can't conceal

He thinks he's controlling his habit

But soon from this earth

He will leave

I'm gonna write a song and send it to him

And maybe he will see just what I'm feelin'

I've still got love and hope and my affection

To keep him from fading away

The earth is pure, its veins are rivers of water

And man should be as a father to a daughter

But he does what he likes, because he thinks he's bought her

Laughing while he injects her with his filth

He's just a boy with a problem, lost out in space

We're turning him into a junkie, look at his face

What a disgrace!