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Can't Keep Johnny Down Lyrics

Outnumbered a million to one
All of the dicks in this dick town
Can't keep Johnny down
Men piled up in a towering mound
None of them once has found a way
To keep Johnny down

Spending days by myself
Remembering slights
I'm not a monument to justice
Plus which I don't forget a face

And they can't (down, down, down)
Can't keep Johnny down (down, down, down)
They haven't yet built the man (down, down, down)
That'll keep old Johnny down (down, down, down)

Some dude
Hitting golf balls on the moon
Bathroom in his pants
And he thinks he's better than me
I'm pointing a finger at my own face
They can't know what's in here
And they can't keep Johnny down

Beneath my dignity
To flip off the guy
When he pulls up alongside
To say my gas cap is unscrewed

And they can't (down, down, down)
Can't keep Johnny down (down, down, down)
They haven't yet built the man (down, down, down)
That'll keep old Johnny down (down, down, down)

And they don't (down, down, down)
Don't know what I've seen (down, down, down)
They can't know what's in here (down, down, down)
And they can't keep Johnny down (down, down, down)
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matty337 On Apr 08, 2011
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Song from the perspective of a jealous, bitter man who feels like everyone is against him.

"All of the dicks in this dick town, Can't keep Johnny down"=one of the best lyrics TMBG have ever written

Cover art for Can't Keep Johnny Down lyrics by They Might Be Giants

I've met so many rural inhabitants just like this guy.

Cover art for Can't Keep Johnny Down lyrics by They Might Be Giants

All of the dicks in this dick town, can't keep Johnny down.

Cover art for Can't Keep Johnny Down lyrics by They Might Be Giants

This song should be the anthem for the disenfranchised. I think it's a happy "screw you" for anyone who feels different or weird!

 
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