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he bought a sterilized hypo
to shoot a sex machine drug
he got 24 hours
to shoot all paulenes between the legs
he'll throw 96 tears thru 24 hours
sexed once every hour

johny hit and run paulene (4x)

l.a. bus doors open
kicking both doors open
when it rested on 6th street
that's when he drug a girl inside
he was spreading her legs and didn't understand dying
she was still awake

johny hit and run paulene (4x)

when he was waking up
beside the bed
he found clumps of hair
the last paulene wouldn't cooperate
she wasn't what you'd call living really
but she was still awake

johny hit and run paulene (4x)

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Lyrics submitted by punker87, edited by Mellow_Harsher, thegitsfan

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    General Comment:Actually I thought Red Left Hand's idea was pretty ridiculous too, and believed this was an anti rape song, which X may have claimed later. But if you watch the Decline Of Western Civilization, John Doe states that this song was actually a sexual fantasy for him.

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    Here's the link, he starts talking about the song Johnny Hit And Run Paulene about 3 minutes in. Exene in the background keeps trying to make him shut up, obviously thinking he is a being a real asshole.
    Flag KelleyGreeneon August 05, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:I wish this did not have a Chuck Berry riff and the names Johnny and Paulene in it.
    Flag Slmartinon January 25, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:The drug is not fictional... it's crystal meth
    Flag gynot1on August 20, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:marvelette is right, that was in Decline of Western Civilization.
    Flag adequateandyon December 12, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:this song is not about ghb or date rape drugs. in "decline of western civilization" john doe talks about how it stemmed from a conversation between he and exene about a fictional drug that would allow men to have sex every hour for 24 hours. the rest of the song is obviously about rape to satisfy this ability/need.
    Flag marveletteon September 11, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:i think people are being pretty naive when they only see a linear story about rape - it's about the hedonism connected to the punk scene; it's let's get out of our minds and fuck. except... it really is about a crazed predator.
    Flag Gay Christmas Treeon October 16, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:Pretty brutal, disturbing lyrics. It tells the story of "date rape" and knockout drugs like GHB. The main character, Johnny, is obviously a hideously amoral person who first knocks out his victims. Names don't matter, personalities don't matter, souls don't matter. They're just "sex machine" bodies to him. They might as well all be named Paulene, for all Johnny cares. When the last "Paulene" doesn't cooperate (she evidently stays awake and probably resists), he takes violent action against her, ripping out hair and probably doing worse to her, because Paulene is left in either a drugged, zombie-like stupor (not quite living, not quite dead), or she is in a coma. Brutal story. Should be enough to shock any listener into understanding, and being disgusted by, the realities of "date rape" drugs.
    Flag Bluewaveson June 24, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:Red Left is... confused. Obviously the 'sterilized hypo' is a knockout drug, but in the next few lines it changes into a metaphor for, um, something else, with which he 'shoots all Paulenes between the legs.' Now the question is..... why girls named Paulene?
    Flag razorgrrlon April 20, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:LOl Red lefts idea was funny as fuck.
    Flag dieloonyon October 09, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:Red Left's idea is very interesting...that might not have been the exact intent of the song, but it gives me something to think about.
    Did that actually happen?
    Flag AyeAyeReturnson May 24, 2006   Link

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