Mike Ness)



Picked up by the police, only seventeen

What did he do, what did he say?

His father left him as a little boy

His mother turned tricks just to buy his toys



72 hour evaluation

Immediate psychiatric help

But Johnny wasn't crazy

He was just an angry boy



Years later, nothing much has changed

Liquor, drugs and gangs have made him a man

Living in the streets in a world of his own

He stops and watches his heart turn to stone



He's an important person now

He's running with a wayward crowd

But Johnny wasn't crazy

He was just a lonely boy



The pain got too great, an eventual suicide

Fear and anger were trapped deep inside

If only Johnny could have opened up his heart

Then me and Johnny wouldn't never had to part



He's tired of running the vicious circle

He loaded and cocked his .45

But Johnny wasn't crazy

He was just a frightened boy



Oh,

How many Johnnys must there be?

Oh Johnny

How I wish you were here

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Eric Wincentsen

267@ef.gc.maricopa.edu

Glendale Community College

Glendale, Arizona

"I'm just marking my territory