Thirty days, lord and thirty nights
  I'm comin' home on an airplane flight
  Mama waitin' at the ticket line
  Tell me son why do you stand there cryin'
  
  (chorus)
  It was the needle and the spoon
  And a trip to the moon
  Took me away, took me away
  
  I've been feelin' so sick and tired
  Got to get better, lord before I die
  Seven doctors couldn't help my head, they said
  You better quit, son before your dead
  
  (chorus)
  Quit the needle. Quit the spoon
  Quit the trip to the moon
  We gonna take you away. Lord, we gonna take you away
  
  (spoken)
  It was the needle and the spoon
  
  I've seen a lot of people who thought they were cool
  But then again, lord I've seen a lot of fools
  Well, I hope you people, lord can hear what I say
  You'll have your chance to hit it some day
  
  
  (chorus)
  Don't mess with the needle or a spoon
  Or any trip to the moon
  It'll take you away
  
  Lord, their gonna bury you boy
  Don't mess with the needle
  Now I know, I know, I know...