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This chilling tale of sexual violence was meant as an anti-rape song, though not everyone heard the hyper-descriptive lyrics in quite the same way. In a 1980 interview with BAM, singer and bassist John Doe talked about how some fans missed the point:
I see people getting into it like, ‘Yeah, hit an...
[Verse 1]
He bought a sterilized hypo
To shoot a sex machine drug
He got twenty-four hours
To shoot all Paulenes between the legs
Ninety-six tears through twenty-four hours
Sexed once every hour
[Chorus]
Johnny hit and run Paulene
Johnny hit and run Paulene
Johnny hit and run Paulene
Johnny hit and run Paulene
[Verse 2]
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
[Chorus]
Johnny hit and run Paulene
Johnny hit and run Paulene
Johnny hit and run Paulene
Johnny hit and run Paulene
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 3]
When he was waking up
Beside the bed
He found clumps of hair
The last Paulene wouldn't cooperate
She wasn't what you call living, really
She was still awake
[Chorus]
Johnny hit and run Paulene
Johnny hit and run Paulene
Johnny hit and run Paulene
Johnny hit and run Paulene
Johnny Hit and Run Paulene was written by John Doe (X) & Exene Cervenka.
Johnny Hit and Run Paulene was produced by Ray Manzarek.
X released Johnny Hit and Run Paulene on Sat Apr 26 1980.