It's 5 o'clock, it's time to blow this joint and get out on the road

They may own my body from 9 to 5 but they will never own my soul.

I tune in my station, the man comes on to say how white my shirts can be

But he can't be a man 'cause he just doesn't smoke the same cigarettes as me.

Everything I need to know, I swear I learned it on the AM radio

And everywhere I have to go, I have to listen to the AM radio.

It's 6 o'clock, I'm stuck in traffic and I know there's no escape

So I fantasize about the girl on the internet in Superman's red cape

I change the station and Semolina Pilchard's on the Eiffel Tower -- oh no!

With her elementary penguin, 'singin Hare Krishna, kicking Edgar Allan Poe.

Everything I need to know, I swear I learned it on the AM radio

And everywhere I have to go, I have to listen to the AM radio.

Everything I need to know...

Everything I need to know...

Everything I need to know...

Everything I need to know...

Well, I was just out of school and like a typical fool I checked into Desolation Row

And they gave me a cube beside the company boob to watch the lovely mermaids flow.

I got my very own heart attack machine, they said, "For now, we'll set it low."

And the Phantom swore he'd share with me,

Everything I need to know. 

It's 12 o'clock, it's time to go to bed and face another day

I hope I have that dream, 'bout Number 6 yes he's resigning, Number 2 gets blown away.

I tune in my headset, the people bow down to the neon god they made

And the words of their prophet are written on the tenement halls: "Yours truly, O.J."

Everything I need to know, I swear I learned it on the AM radio

And everywhere I have to go, I have to listen to the AM radio.