john bates is going down he wrote his last hot check in a bankrupt town his face won t bounce when it hits the ground john bates is going down anyone can see he s a cassa nova pressed shirt and a glass piped chevy nova china red lipstick stain on the back of his neck he slips the cassette to the deck john bates is going down he wrote his last hot check in a bankrupt town his face won t bounce when it hits the ground john bates is going down studyin that see through lingerie she ll take it off cause he came to play hot rubber check bounce take a bath she gives me a call i let the machine say it all