I used to be a raging beast
Didn’t know my West from East
And I had major problems with authority
But your great big toothy smile
And your whimsical sense of style
Big bad Johnny, you done made a good man of me
Yeah you were also pretty wild
Like an over-sized biker child
Black leather jackets and that crazy Rasta hair
Now we’re puttin’ on some weight
We don’t eat dinner quite so late
And we both enjoy a nice reclining chair
Are you gonna go to bed early tonight
Pass out while the sun’s still shining bright
Or, will you maybe drink one beer
Great big Johnny, you helped me make it through the years
Well, now we’ve both got awesome wives
We’ve got complicated lives
We got, what do you call it, yeah, responsibility
And instead of being bad
We’re both too busy being ‘Dad’
Hoping man, those kids better not misbehave like me
Are you gonna turn in early tonight
Right after the kid’s tucked in nice and tight
Or, maybe even pay a bill or two
Big sweet Johnny, I smile when I think of you
We got mortgages and homes
We got painful, creaky bones
We won’t be modeling underwear for Kalvin Klein
But we wouldn’t trade it in
Fort all those years of sin
‘Cause when you get down to it, hey, we are doin’ fine
Are you gonna nod off on the couch
After grumbling like a grouch
Are you gonna maybe think of me
Great big Johnny, you make my middle age worthwhile…
