Come on boy, the tape it rollin'
A one, two, a one two, two two two
John was bad
He gave it everything he had
John he prayed
For all the people ever made
John was cool
He never did no after school...heyeah
Late at night when he praised the Lord
He laid his hands down upon the bloody sword
Oow...oh how could he do that
John, St John be cool
Tell the people
They'll follow you
John, St John be cool
Tell the people
They'll follow you
But every night when he praised the Lord
He laid his hands down down upon the sword
Lay down upon the sword
Lay down upon the sword
Lay down upon the sword
Lay down your bloody sword
John, St John be cool
Tell the people
They'll follow you
John, St John be cool
Tell the people
They'll follow you
But late at night when he praised the Lord
He laid his hands down upon the bloody sword
Laid down upon the sword
Down, down upon the sword
Laid down upon the sword
Gettin' down upon the sword
Laid down upon the sword
Laid it down upon the sword
Laid down upon the sword
Late night TV roared
(Heal me Jesus, heal me jesus...)
(I said hurry hurry hurry)
John, St John be cool
Tell the people
They'll follow you
John, St John be cool
Tell the people
They'll follow you
John, St John be cool
Tell the people
They'll follow you
Follow you
Follow you
Follow you
A one, two, a one two, two two two
He gave it everything he had
John he prayed
For all the people ever made
John was cool
He never did no after school...heyeah
He laid his hands down upon the bloody sword
Oow...oh how could he do that
Tell the people
They'll follow you
John, St John be cool
Tell the people
They'll follow you
He laid his hands down down upon the sword
Lay down upon the sword
Lay down upon the sword
Lay down your bloody sword
Tell the people
They'll follow you
John, St John be cool
Tell the people
They'll follow you
He laid his hands down upon the bloody sword
Laid down upon the sword
Down, down upon the sword
Laid down upon the sword
Gettin' down upon the sword
Laid down upon the sword
Laid it down upon the sword
Laid down upon the sword
Late night TV roared
(Heal me Jesus, heal me jesus...)
(I said hurry hurry hurry)
Tell the people
They'll follow you
John, St John be cool
Tell the people
They'll follow you
John, St John be cool
Tell the people
They'll follow you
Follow you
Follow you
Follow you
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Sounds like they are singing about a hypocrite. Someone doing good by the light of day, and then turns around and lays hands down upon the bloody sword. (this could just be touching his willy or touching his will that he has "blood" on it...)
cool song. a lot of religious undertones that i don't really understand. anybody else got that?
The song "St. John," had been written to the head of a major music company's head named John Williams, who had helped some of the members of Aerosmith through drug problems.
John the Evangelist was a fighter, he was the only one who defended Jesus when authorities came to arrest him.
So he both prays for people and kills them. A warrior monk, if you will.