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According to Wikipedia – John Linnell claims that the song is not a biographical song about himself or fellow band member John Flansburgh, though the character’s name was selected intentionally, in order to create a contrast between his personality and that of the two Johns.
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[Verse 1]
Outnumbered a million to one
All of the dicks in this dick town
Can't keep Johnny down
Men piled up in a towering mound
None of them once has found a way
To keep Johnny down
[Pre-Chorus]
Spending days by myself
Remembering slights
I'm not a monument to justice
Plus which, I don't forget a face
[Chrous]
And they can't (down, down, down)
Can't keep Johnny down (down, down, down)
They haven't yet built the man (down, down, down)
That'll keep old Johnny down (down, down, down)
[Verse 2]
Some dude
Hitting golf balls on the moon
Bathroom in his pants
And he thinks he's better than me
I'm pointing a finger at my own face
They can't know what's in here
And they can't keep Johnny down
[Pre-Chorus]
Beneath my dignity
To flip off the guy
When he pulls up alongside
To say my gas cap is unscrewed
[Chorus]
And they can't (down, down, down)
Can't keep Johnny down (down, down, down)
They haven't yet built the man (down, down, down)
That'll keep old Johnny down (down, down, down)
And they don't (down, down, down)
Don't know what I've seen (down, down, down)
They can't know what's in here (down, down, down)
And they can't keep Johnny down (down, down, down)
Can’t Keep Johnny Down was written by John Linnell & John Flansburgh.
Can’t Keep Johnny Down was produced by They Might Be Giants & Patrick Dillett.
They Might Be Giants released Can’t Keep Johnny Down on Tue Jul 19 2011.