Trying to hold Hold out for now With these ice caps Melting down With the transistor sound And my Chevrolet terraplane Going round, round, round Come a little gamma ray Standing in a hurricane Your brains are bored Like a refugee From the houses burning And the heat wave's Calling your name She's got On a cactus crown With a dot, dot, dot On her brow And she speaks Inside crowd With the cavalry Turning around Hit me like a gamma ray Standing in a hurricane And I'm pulling Out thorns Smokestack lightning Out my window I want to know What I've lost today Come a little gamma ray Standing in a hurricane When your body's bored Like a refugee From the houses burning And the backbiters Calling your name