The final curtain came down

on Johnny at thirty-five

Left a family of nine little kids

and a devastated wife

And if it's the last thing I do

I'll do what I can

Cause it looks like hard times are here again

It looks like hard times

are here again

Too young

Much too young

Cut down right before our very eyes

Too young Johnny's too young

So fast we couldn't even say good bye

Or hold him for the last time

I can't believe how young they die

These days too young

Now he was both good and bad like everybody else

Rejected the Catholic church, said I'll get there by myself

And someone you could lean on when the going got to rough

But photographs and memories are not enough

The only unreplacable thing is love

Too young

Much too young

Cut down right before our very eyes

Too young Johnny's too young

So fast we couldn't even say good bye

Or hold him for the last time

I can't believe how young they die

These days too young

After all is said and done

And body's laid to rest

Feel free to call on me

I've had a little more experience

But you're gonna have to live your life

Throwing caution to the wind

But I'll be with you till the end

You know I will

I'll be with you till the end

Too young

Much too young

Cut down right before our very eyes

Too young Johnny's too young

So fast we couldn't even say good bye

Or hold him for the last time

I can't believe how young they die

These days too young