there was johnny like a stranger living in a small town measuring the small time he was thinner than a razor johnny in a small town living with his thumb on the trigger wishing he could be just a little bit bigger bored to the heart of himself he was trouble in the making trouble in the keeping history repeating he was walking into danger johnny in a small town looking for a light in the tunnel creeping in the dark and doubting that the sun ll shine to the heart of himself and he tells himself it ll be alright happiness is just around the corner and he tells himself it ll be okay happiness is just a life away she was pretty as a picture shining in a window everybody said so what did johnny have to give her johnny in a small town putting on a suit he had borrowed knowing she would probably leave him tomorrow weak and alone with himself and he tells himself it ll be alright happiness is just around the corner and he tells himself it ll be okay happiness is just a life away everything is different but it s all the same to him everything is nothing like it was before she came before she stayed and went away she left johnny like a stranger waiting in a small town measuring the small time nights were longer than the days were living in a small town looking for a door he could open hoping that he wouldn t break until he broken free to the heart of himself and he tells himself it ll be alright happiness is just around the corner and he tells himself it ll be okay happiness is just a life away and he tells himself it ll be alright happiness is just around the corner and he tells himself it ll be okay happiness is just a life away a life away just a life away