[Verse 1]
Drugs are fuckin' fun, pal
Factor that fuckin' in
To your Drug O-fuckin'-ffensive-type
Health fuckin' warning
There ain't a lot that's fun, pal
Old age and school and dreams
Of a life that will never be
Sexless nights, wasted schemes
Your horizon still receding
Speeding hope that's fruitless
A sudden cliff and skidding
Then descent to twisted rest

[Chorus]
Sacred Temple of the Emerald Buddha
Serene and total peace (They're not fun, pal)
Sacred Temple of the Emerald Buddha
Serene and total peace

[Verse 2]
I could'a stayed at home, pal
And lived a joyless life
But where the fuck's the fun in that?
Superannuation, wife
The whole fuckin' package?
For me, it never suited
A soft-cock life and limp death?
Go and get fucking rooted
There might be fun in poetry
And art and being literate
It never hit the spot for me
Nor you, though you won't admit to it
[Chorus]
Sacred Temple of the Emerald Buddha
Hear the distant gong beat
Sacred Temple of the Emerald Buddha
Hear the distant gong beat

[Verse 3]
You say you got a PhD?
Well, good for you, my son
How smart you fuckin' need to be
To work out that drugs are fun?
Have a fucking bash, pal
Take this suspect load
And give it to a mate of mine
Who lives on the Pat Pong Road
You ever felt the warmin' waves
In the Gulf of old Siam?
Ever wanted to ever be
A different fuckin' man?

[Chorus]
Sacred Temple of the Emerald Buddha
Foil parcels in my teeth
Sacred Temple of the Emerald Buddha
Foil parcels in my teeth
[Verse 4]
You need to hear the Mekong flood
It's an awesome fuckin' sound
Take this package quickly, pal
They've come to chain me fuckin' down
They bolt me to a concrete floor
Don't get all moral, son
There's sixty of us goes in here
We all think that drugs are fun
Fifty years in a Thailand hell
Twenty grams of smack up my ass
Why? 'Cause drugs are fuckin' fun
Why the fuck you need to ask?
Let's do the deal

[Chorus]
Sacred Temple of the Emerald Buddha
Did a deal at the fat guy's feet
Sacred Temple of the Emerald Buddha
Did a deal at the fat guy's feet