"I won't die until I'm dead" were the first words that he said
Don't try to interrupt him, 'cause he's never gonna stop
And the sun is standing still with all this time to kill
And I'm trying to walk away from First Avenue to A
On the drag
On the drag
We're all waiting around for something and it's never coming back
On the drag
On the drag
He's the genuine disaster and he's come to make his case
On the drag
You're only happy when you're sad, you're top-fueled and you're bad
Parachute in your backpack and your knees under your chin
And your boyfriend's getting mad with all this time to waste
Trying to put the finger on it, the allure of St. Mark's Place
On the drag
On the drag
We're all waiting around for something and it's never coming back
On the drag
On the drag
He's the genuine disaster and we crown him with his crown
On the drag
On the drag
On the drag
We're all waiting around for something and it's never coming back
On the drag
On the drag
He's the genuine disaster and he's come to make his case
On the drag
On the drag
On the drag
Quoth the Johns:
We recorded a version of this for Factory Showroom but it sounded kind of generic. At a later session at Coyote for something else we pulled this one out and the track came back to life.
—John Flansburgh
[source: They Got Lost promotional email, November 6, 2002]