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Little Johnny Hooker

This version of Little Johnny Hooker was released by Grand Funk Railroad in 1974.

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Oh, I’m gonna tell you a story ’bout a little boy.
Oh, a sad little boy.
I’m talkin’ ’bout Little Johnny Hooker.

Little Johnny Hooker was a sissy on the street all his life —
All his natural born life.
Until his daddy took him aside and said,
“Son, now here’s your switchblade knife boy.”

He said “get out in the street boy,
Cut yourself some meat boy.
Get out on your own side of the road,
And lighten my load.”

Johnny made a mistake and took his knife down to school one day.
Hey, yeah, yeah.
And, when the bell rang for lunch.
Freddie Miller went and got in Johnny’s way boy.
He took his knife from his pocket, pushed a button on the side.
When he seen the queen steel,
You ought to seen the light in Freddy’s eyes.

Oh, Yeah …

Little Johnny Hooker learned his lesson from the knife now you see,
(Yes he did.)
Because for what he done to Fred he spent some time in a penitentiary.
It was a day in the courtroom, Exhibit letter “A.”
When the jury seen the knife they put little Johnny’s ass away.

Little Johnny Hooker, he ain’t a bad looker, he ain’t a bad man, he ain’t.
Little Johnny Hooker, he ain’t a bad looker, he ain’t a bad man, he ain’t.
Little Johnny Hooker, he ain’t a bad looker, he ain’t a bad man, he ain’t.
Talkin’ ’bout Jooohhhnnny.
Little Johnny Hooker, he ain’t a bad looker, he ain’t a bad man, he ain’t.
Oh, Little Johnny boy.
Little Johnny Hooker, he ain’t a bad looker, he ain’t a bad man, he ain’t.
Talkin’ ’bout Jooohhhnnny.
Little Johnny Hooker, he ain’t a bad looker, he ain’t a bad man, he ain’t.
Oh, Little Johnny boy.
Little Johnny Hooker, he ain’t a bad looker, he ain’t a bad man, he ain’t.
He was a young boy,
He’s thinkin’ the rest of his life,
For what he done with the knife.
Talkin’ ’bout Jooohhhnnny.
Little Johnny Hooker, he ain’t a bad looker, he ain’t a bad man, he ain’t.
Jooohhhnnny.
Little Johnny Hooker, he ain’t a bad looker, he ain’t a bad man, he ain’t.
Little Johnny Hooker, he ain’t a bad looker, he ain’t a bad man, he ain’t.
Jooohhhnnny.

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The lyrics for Little Johnny Hooker are defined as the words making up the song released by Grand Funk Railroad in 1974. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Little Johnny Hooker have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Grand Funk Railroad and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Little Johnny Hooker by Grand Funk Railroad if you think through it. 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 Little Johnny Hooker" means the words set to the music of Little Johnny Hooker, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Grand Funk Railroad. 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 Little Johnny Hooker and the lyrics to Little Johnny Hooker are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Grand Funk Railroad who came here looking just for the lyrics to Little Johnny Hooker, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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