[INTRO]
  x4


[VERSE 1]
       
It was January

, 1963
     
When Johnny ca

me home with a

 gift for me
          
He said I boug

ht it for you 

because I love

 you
      
And I bought i

t for you beca

use it's your 

birthday, too
       
He was so very

 nice, he was 

so very kind
            
To think of me

              
 at this point

          
 in time
              
I used to thin

              
k of him, he u

    
sed think of m

e


[PRE-CHORUS]

He told me to 

close my eyes
   
My gift would 

be a great sur

prise

I saw tears we

re in his eyes
   
He never meant

 to hurt me, o

h, God


[CHORUS]
            
Johnny, don't 

           
point that gun

 at me
           
There's so man

y ways our liv

es have change

d
            
But please, I 

           
beg, don't do 

this to me
            
Johnny, don't 

           
point that gun

 at me
      
Can I save my 

life at any pr

ice?
            
For God's sake

           
 won't you lis

ten to me?


[INTERLUDE]
  x2


[VERSE 2]
           
And though he 

was ashamed th

at he had took

 a life

Johnny came ho

me with anothe

r wife
       
And he often r

emembered how 

it used to be
            
Before that sp

ecial occasion

, 1963
          
There was too 

many ways that

 you could kil

l someone
            
Like in a love

              
 affair, when 

              
the love is go

     
ne
              
He used to thi

              
nk of her, she

         
 used to think

 of me


[PRE-CHORUS]

He told me to 

close my eyes
   
My gift would 

be a great sur

prise

I saw tears we

re in his eyes
   
He never meant

 to hurt me, o

h, God


[CHORUS]
            
Johnny, don't 

           
point that gun

 at me
           
There's so man

y ways our liv

es have change

d
            
But please, I 

           
beg, don't do 

this to me
            
Johnny, you ke

      
ep on using me
      
Can I change m

y life for any

 price?
            
Oh, Johnny, wo

        
n't you listen

 to me?


[INTERLUDE]
  x2


[PRE-CHORUS]

He told me to 

close my eyes
   
My gift would 

be a great sur

prise

I saw hatred i

n his eyes
       
But he never m

eant to hurt m

e, oh, God


[CHORUS]
            
Johnny, don't 

        
point that gun

 at me
           
There's so man

y ways our liv

es have change

d
            
But please, I 

           
beg, don't do 

this to me
            
Johnny, you ke

      
ep on using me
      
Can I change m

y life for any

 price?
            
Oh, Johnny, wo

        
n't you listen

 to me?

I just want yo

u to be mine,

I don't want t

his world to s

hine

I don't want t

his bridge to 

burn
    
Oh, Johnny, do

 you miss me?
            
I just want to

               
 feel for you


[CODA]
              
I will always 

            
feel for you..

   
.

(repeat to fade)