Album: Hello (1995)

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• Johnny, angry Johnny
  This is Jezebel in Hell
  
  I wanna kill you
  I wanna blow you away
  I wanna kill you
  I wanna blow you away
  
  I can do it you gently
  I can do it with an animal's grace
  I can do it with precision
  I can do it with gourmet taste
  
  But either way
  Either, either way
  I wanna kill you
  I wanna blow you away
  
  I can do it to your mind
  I can do it to your face
  I can do it with integrity
  I can do it with disgrace
  
  But either way
  Either way
  I wanna kill you
  I wanna blow you away
  
  Johnny, angry Johnny
  This is Jezebel in Hell, Johnny
  Johnny, angry Johnny
  This is Jezebel in Hell
  
  I can do it in a church
  I can do it any time or place
  I can do it like an angel
  To quiet down your rage
  
  But either way
  Either, oh either way
  I wanna kill you
  I wanna blow you away
  
  I can do it in the water
  I can do on dry land
  I can do it with instruments
  I can do it with my own bare hands
  
  But either way, either way
  You know where it stands
  I wanna kill you
  I wanna blow you away
  
  Johnny, angry Johnny
  This is Jezebel in Hell
  Johnny, oh my Johnny
  
  Where did your pleasure go
  When the pain came through you?
  Where did your happiness go?
  This force is running you around now
  Getting you down now
  Where is your pleasure now Johnny?
  Where has your pleasure gone now?
  
  Johnny, angry Johnny
  This is Jezebel in Hell
  Johnny, angry Johnny
  This is Jezebel in Hell
  
  Johnny, I wanna blow you
  Oh Johnny, away
  Johnny, I wanna blow you away
  Johnny, every body really doesn't feel okay
  Johnny Writer/s: Annie Decatur Danielewski, Felix Cavaliere, Ralph James Rice
  Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
  Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 7

• Late To The Party from ArkansasAm I the only one who thinks this should have been in one of the John Wick movies? Intro song for a female antagonist? While I am sure that the lyrics aren't about that character, man it sounds perfect for it...
• Moosehead from Scplease check out the Haunted. title track is one of the best songs ever
• Valence Arden from UsaWiki "La Petite Mort". I mean, really.
• KevinShe has done vocals on a few songs for Conjure One you may like.
• Sula from TampaI hear this song as a general response to misogyny. There are several male photos on the bed frame, and as "John" is the most common name in the English language, it pulls all men into its purview. A "Jezebel" in colloquial usage refers to a sexually promiscuous woman. Sexually promiscuous women are punished by our society- especially by men, both historically and currently- and this one's not taking it anymore. She's gonna get "the man." Fascinating.
• Jimmy from SeattleI love this song too Heather, though I'm not sure the 'Songfacts.com' staff writer got it entirely correct. First off, there are several versions of 'Angry Johnny' - the "jazzy" version (video above) is the best known, but the "Band Version" is my favorite. Much harder edge - the singer channels her "Angry Poe." That version seems to really nix this site's analysis that it's generic anger, "boiling inside all of us." I hear a definite female rage at man, or men in general. Especially chilling are the closing bars: She exhales/blows harshly into the mic, then calmly speaks a line (damned if I can make out what she says), exhales and speaks another line, then calmly whispers "goodbye" as the fade ends. Seems to me Johnny was fading to black right there - and her anger hath been satiated ... gawd I love it.
• Heather from Mead, Nei love this song because its so strange and demented.

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