Someone wants to blow up the planet
  Johnny wants to find out why
  Johnny did a show in St. Louis
  Love came through the sky.
    Oh yeah, they were camped out,
  Waiting for the sun to rise
  Oh yeah, Johnny sang out
  Love into the sky.
    Johnny found a place out in Texas
  Waiting for him to come
  Made himself a reservation
  And hope came, in the gun.
    Oh yeah, he was flying,
  Waiting for the sun to rise
  Oh yeah, color by numbers
  Waiting for the sun to rise.
    Johnny did some time in the army
  Johnny did a stint in Vietnam.
  Now he can't forget it,
  His mind is confused,
  slipping from his twisted hand.
    Oh yeah, he's still back there
  With one hand on the gun
  Oh yeah, he's still back there
  Waiting for the rising sun.
    Now Johnny
  likes to go down the highway
  The wind singing in his ears
  Right up as
  most things go whirring by
  By day everything looks clear.
    Oh yeah, Johnny ride on
  Gonna find a special home
  Oh yeah, down the highway
  Looking for the rising sun.