Leave him with me
What do you want him to be?
Do you want him to know he's a puppet?
I can hide all the strings
I can hide all the screens
But he'll never know what love is

If we give him a head
We're as good as dead
In the spot for his heart we put nothing
Johnny's got him a gun
Oh, he's got him a gun
Johnny's got him a gun and he's hunting

It's out of my hands
It's out of my hands
It's out of my hands
And it's shaking
Am I still a man?
Am I still a man?
Am I still a man?
On this stage thing

I had freedom of choice
And I had a voice
It was almost as if I was a real boy
I liked fighting for life
At least then I had a life
And although I felt pain I felt something

I just wanna be free
Like when we rode in the V
And the music would play and you would dance for me
The hand up above
I didn't know that there was
I didn't know that there was one back then

It's pulling the strings
It wants me to sing
It wants me to be something I'm not
Johnny's got him a gun
It's out of my hands
It wasn't my plan for them to get shot

It's out of my hands
It's out of my hands
It's out of my hands
And it's shaking
Am I still a man?
Am I still a man?
Am I still a man?
On this stage thing
It's out of my hands
It's out of my hands
It's out of my hands

Bite the bullet
Take it head on
If it's hard it's supposed to be hard
It's called life put your foot on its neck, son
And fight the causeways
And the undertow
And if she moves like water moves and swallows you whole
I want you to know
It's out of my hands

(Johnny's got him a gun and he's hunting)

It's out of my hands
It's out of my hands
It's out of my hands
And it's shaking
Am I still a man?
Am I still a man?
Am I still a man?
On this stage thing
It's out of my hands
It's out of my hands
It's out of my hands