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When johnny was a little kid
he always did what he did
not because of anyone
just cause he was having fun
every sky was an untold story
every morning was filled with glory
i was made for it & it was made for me
when he got a little older
johnny got a little bolder
he told his mother off
but he got the revolution cough
he was the school bully
takin' others lunch money
even sabotaging the school play
do something that's great
time will never wait
now's the chance to say
life is gonna be extraordinary
now he was an adolescant
but his mind was pre-pubesant
he armed himself to the teeth
started shooting people he'd meet
he was a rebel proud
he adourned a starry shroud
"bombs burst in the air"
he screamed so loud
then one morning america woke
and he found he was the world's joke
he jumped to get his gun
but the world did not run
johnny, johnny it's so true
what are you gonna do?
when the world decides
that it ain't gonna take anymore shit from you
america
why do you do what you do?
the world it bleeds for you
When johnny was a little kid
he always did what he did
not because of anyone
just cause he was having fun
every sky was an untold story
every morning was filled with glory
i was made for it & it was made for me
johnny got a little bolder
he told his mother off
but he got the revolution cough
he was the school bully
takin' others lunch money
even sabotaging the school play
time will never wait
now's the chance to say
life is gonna be extraordinary
but his mind was pre-pubesant
he armed himself to the teeth
started shooting people he'd meet
he was a rebel proud
he adourned a starry shroud
"bombs burst in the air"
he screamed so loud
and he found he was the world's joke
he jumped to get his gun
but the world did not run
johnny, johnny it's so true
what are you gonna do?
when the world decides
that it ain't gonna take anymore shit from you
why do you do what you do?
the world it bleeds for you
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Submitted by
x.dave.x On Jul 10, 2002
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Awesome Song Maybe the greatest ever.
i agree. i love morning glory
Brilliant Song. Perfect story of the submission of the general public, only to finally stand up to the suppressors. "then one morning america woke and he found he was the world's joke he jumped to get his gun but the world did not run johnny, johnny it's so true what are you gonna do? when the world decides that it ain't gonna take anymore shit from you"
Definitely a relevant song in this new-age fascism that our gov't is slowly evolving into without anyone noticing. We need to revolt and tell our government we want the original freedoms that our forefathers fought and died for, not this Patriot Act fascist bullshit to give more power to the exec.
good point madmartigen, but i think its mostly about america's foreign policy. how they dont give a shit what the UN, NATO, the EU, or any other international organization says.
what are you gonna do? when the world decides that it ain't gonna take anymore shit from you so he's singing about when america goes too far and the international community gets fed up. i wish something like this would take place in america, before it has to come to something like this