Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Jerry Hey
Trumpet
Gary Grant
Trumpet
Steve Holtman
Trombone
Brendon Urie
Vocals
Andy Hurley
Drums
Joe Trohman
Lead Guitar
Patrick Stump
Lead Vocals
Pete Wentz
Bass Guitar
William Frank Reichenbach Jr.
Trombone
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Patrick Stump
Songwriter
Andy Hurley
Songwriter
Joe Trohman
Songwriter
Pete Wentz
Songwriter
Jerry Hey
Horn Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Neal Avron
Mixing Engineer
Erich Talaba
Recording Engineer
Zephyrus Sowers
Assistant Recording Engineer
Kiki Cholewka
Assistant Recording Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Have you ever wanted to disappear?
And join a monastery?
Go out and preach on Manic Street?
Who will I be when I wake up next to a stranger?
On a passenger plane (Passenger plane)
[Verse 2]
Oh, permanent jet lag
Please take me back (Please take me back)
Please take me back
I'm a stray dog, sick
Please let me in (Please let me in)
The mad key's tripping
Singing vows before we exchange smoke rings
[Verse 3]
Give me a pen
Call me Mr. Benzedrine
But don't let the doctor in
I wanna blow off steam
Call me Mr. Benzedrine
Don't let the doctor
Don't let the doctor in
[Verse 4]
It feels like fourteen carats, but no clarity
When I look at the man who would be king
The man who would be king
Goes to the desert
The same war his dad rehearsed
Came back with flags on coffins and said
"We won, oh, we won"
[Verse 5]
Permanent jet lag
Please take me back (Please take me back)
Please take me back, ooh
I'm a stray dog, sick
Please let me in (Please let me in)
The mad key's trippin'
Singin' vows before we exchange smoke rings
[Verse 6]
Give me a pen
Call me Mr. Benzedrine
But don't let the doctor in
I wanna blow off steam
Call me Mr. Benzedrine
But don't let the doctor in
Don't let the doctor in
[Verse 7]
B-B-B-B-Benzedrine
My, my, my Benzedrine
B-B-B-B-Benzedrine, now
B-B-B-B-Benzedrine
My, my, my Benzedrine
B-B-B-B-Benzedrine, now
[Verse 8]
Only one book really matters
The rest of the proof
Is on the television
[Verse 9]
Call me Mr. Benzedrine
But don't let the doctor in
I wanna blow off steam
Call me Mr. Benzedrine
But don't let the doctor
Don't let the doctor in, ooh, ooh, ooh
Oh no
Oh no
Ooh, ooh
[Verse 10]
Have you ever wanted to disappear?
[Verse 11]
It's not me, it's you
Actually, it's the taxidermy of you and me
Untie the balloons from around my neck and ground me
I'm just a racehorse on the track
Send me back to the glue factory
Always thought I'd float away
And never come back
But I've got enough miles on my card
To fly the boys home on my own
But you know me, I like bein' all alone
(And keepin' you all alone)
And the charts are borin'
(And the kids are snorin')
And my ego's in a sling
You say you're not listenin'
And I said I'm wishin'
And I said
Written by: Andy Hurley, Joe Trohman, Patrick Stump, Pete Wentz