Lyrics:

I don't want to know if it's a nouvelle
Sweet Dublin honey doesn't go with me
I walk alone, don't want nobody
And that's the way it's going to be
I was born on a cold December
I was brought up in a shack
I've been mean, mean Johnson
Today I remain wild
Now there ain't no turning back, no, no
Now there ain't no turning back

I dig the sound of a Gretsch guitar
You find me where these swindle places are
For all the other cats faces
Are barely near and yet too far
I was born on a cold December
I was brought up in a shack
I've been mean, mean Johnson
Today I remain wild
Now there ain't no turning back, no, no
Now there ain't no turning back

Just watch me shimmy 'cause I'm the lead
The boys are early but they are fun and sweet
This is the month that I stump my feet
Outside on the street again
I was born on a cold December
I was brought up in a shack
I've been mean, mean Johnson
Today I remain wild
And there ain't no turning back, no, no
Now there ain't no turning back

I don't want to know if it's a nouvelle
Sweet Dublin honey doesn't go with me
I walk alone, don't want nobody
And that's the way it's gonna be
I was born on a cold December
I was brought up in a shack
I've been mean, mean Johnson
Today I remain wild
And there ain't no turning back, no, no
Now there ain't no turning back