Johnny Got A Gun

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Johnny's mum and dad both worked 
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long hours, they worked on the 
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weekends too
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Johnny was eleven, but they had 
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no notion of what Johnny was going 
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through
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Johnny got pushed and Johnny got 
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robbed and it made him feel chicken
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 to run
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Big kids picked on Johnny every 
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day, so Johnny went and got him a 
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gun



Johnny got a gun, he didn't bring it
 home, he covered it with rags and 
dirt.
On his way to school he looked both 
ways, then he hid it under his 
shirt.
Johnny was afraid of going to 
school, there was always trouble in 
the hall.
Fights in the boys' room, guns in 
the lockers and little kids bouncing
off the walls.

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Johnny was afraid of dying young
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Everybody he knew had a gun
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So Johnny got a gun and every 
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little thing looked cool.



First time Johnny flashed his gun 
everybody backed off fast.
Everybody treated him differently 
then. Johnny felt safe at last.
Johnny had a gun and everybody knew 
and everybody left him alone.
Till he bumped a kid who was coming 
down the stairs and the kid had a 
gun
of his own.

The kid pushed Johnny, Johnny went 
down and the kid had something to 
say.
Pulled his gun, Johnny shot first 
and he blew the other kid away
The police came and took away the 
gun, said he wouldn't need a gun any
 more
Took him to the station, sat him in 
a chair
And his feet didn't reach the floor.

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Johnny had a hearing plead self 
defence, prosecutor said no way.
Judge said "you're eleven, but 
you're killing like a man and it's 
gonna
be a long, long stay"
Johnny's mum and dad still work long
 hours and knock on the unit door
Sit with Johnny in the visitor's 
room and his feet don't reach the 
floor.

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And his feet don't reach the floor.