Lyrics to
Johnny Don’t Do It

This version of Johnny Don’T Do It was released by 10Cc in 1973.

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Johnny don’t do it
Johnny don’t do it
Johnny don’t do it
Johnny don’t do it

Johnny was an angel
An angel dressed in black
He used to hang around the guys
Down at the local track
He tried so hard to join them
But they always turned him back

Johnny don’t do it
He was an angel
Johnny don’t do it
Such an angel

He was only 17
Just got out of school
He stole a bike from Joe’s garage
To prove that he was cool
He didn’t know that the brakes were worn
And fate can be so cruel

Johnny don’t do it
He was an angel
Johnny don’t do it
Such an angel

Johnny don’t do it
Johnny don’t do it
Johnny don’t do it
Johnny don’t do it

Well Johnny went a riding
With his girlfriend on the back seat
Looking for some action
And they found it down a back street
Suddenly a truck pulled out
He tried to step on the brake

Johnny don’t do it (Here is a news flash)
Johnny don’t do it (Today, Johnny Kowalski, also known as Johnny Angel)
Johnny don’t do it (and his young fiance Francine, were tragically killed)
Johnny don’t do it (in a cycle accident)
Don’t do it, don’t do it (any witnesses please contact)
Don’t do it, don’t do it (the police at Precinct 29)

Now Johnny’s with the angels
The angels in the sky
I wonder if he thinks of us
As he goes riding by
If only had listened
Oh the number of times we tried
To tell him

Johnny don’t do it
He was an angel
Johnny don’t do it
Such an angel
Johnny don’t do it
He was an angel
Johnny don’t do it
Such an angel
Johnny don’t do it
Johnny don’t do it
Johnny don’t do it
Johnny don’t do it

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The lyrics to Johnny Don’T Do It are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that 10Cc used when the song was created in 1973. The lyrics to Johnny Don’T Do It have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only 10Cc and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Johnny Don’T Do It by 10Cc. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Johnny Don’T Do It" means the words set to the music of Johnny Don’T Do It, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by 10Cc. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Johnny Don’T Do It and the lyrics to Johnny Don’T Do It are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of 10Cc who came here looking just for the lyrics to Johnny Don’T Do It, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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