No one's heard from her in more than a week,
nobody's seen her come or go.
She's in a room at the top of the stairs
chasing dragons all alone.
She hasn't seem the light of day
And she looks like she's just wasting away
Jackie Paper, won't you come out and play?

There was a time before the world turned so pale
when the future all was planned.
There was a time when these fantasies
didn't smell of contraband.
Summer dreams and spectacular schemes
Have all faded into grey
Jackie Paper, won't you come out and play?

She's heard it said that the nose always knows
And everybody knows that's where her money goes
But it all goes to waste and leaves a faint metal taste
And a thirst that only grows.
She's thin as a rail and her face is so pale
And no one has a word to say
But Jackie Paper, won't you come out and play?

A dragon lives forever
But not so little girls
Painted rings and fairy wings
Seem useless in this fucked-up world.
Now it's all crystalline
And methamphetamine
And powdered promises on a mirror.
And I'm afraid someday
I'll hear somebody say
That Jackie's disappeared.

Jackie Paper, won't you come out and play?
Jackie Paper, won't you come out and play?