Johnny's in the basement Mixing up the medicine I'm on the pavement Thinking 'bout the government.

She had bullets in her eyes and they fired.

How many roads must a man walk down, Before you call him a man? How many seas must a white dove sail, Before she sleeps in the sand? Yes, and how many times must the cannon balls fly, Before they're forever banned?

If I had the stars from the darkest night and the diamonds from the deepest ocean, I'd forsake them all for your sweet kiss, for that's all I'm wishin' to be ownin'.

If I had rubies, riches, and crowns, I'd buy the whole world and change things around.

I like the fans, but I don't feel an obligation that I have to be an example to them, like say maybe a baseball player would, or a football player or maybe some other type of musicians. I don't feel I have to really set an example that somebody else has to live up to.

You always got to be prepared but you never know for what.