All is quiet on the southside Like the calm before the rain In a world full of rage now Too many hearts full of pain He's been talkin' to the devil now Say a prayer for his soul He'll put an end to this rumor Before it ever gets told She sits by the window Starin' out at the road For the headlights comin' down the street But there's nowhere to go Johnny's got a shotgun It's a dangerous one His finger sweats on the trigger now It ain't no barrel of fun I don't want to do it now But you push me too far There's no time to think it over There'll be no change of heart They got my name and my number And a price on my head They'll be listening for the thunder And lookin' for a sea of red Johnny's got a shotgun Got the law in his hands It's sawed off twelve gauge He's a dangerous man There's always two sides to the story But I'm the one they'll blame When mama reads the paper now I hope they misspell my name, oh yeah Johnny's got a shotgun It's a dangerous one His finger sweats on the trigger now It ain't no barrel of fun Johnny's got a shotgun Got the law in his hands It's sawed off twelve gauge He's a dangerous man Johnny's got a shotgun