IT'S GONNA BE A BRIGHTER DAY
   I KNOW IT'S GONNA BE A BRIGHTER DAY
   CUZ LITTLE JOHNNY WAS BORN TODAY
   AND HE'S GONNA BE THE ONE
   TO FIND US A BETTER WAY
  
   LOOKING INTO MAMA'S EYES
   ALL HE SEES IS THE TEARS SHE CRIES
   DON'T HAVE A CLUE WHAT REALLY LIES AHEAD
   IS HE GONNA HAVE TO FIND HIS WAY
   HIS GUNS AND DRUGS ARE GETTIN CARRIED AWAY
   THESE ARE THINGS THAT KEEP RUNNING TROUGH
   MAMA'S HEAD
  
   I KNOW IT'S GONNA BE A BRIGHTER DAY
   CUZ LITTLE JOHNNY WAS BORN TODAY
   AND HE'S GONNA BE THE ONE
   TO FIND US A BETTER WAY
   HE'S GONNA NEED A LITTLE TIME TO GROW
   BUT LITTLE JOHNNY'S GOT TOMORROW
   AND I KNOW HIS GONNA BE THE ONE
   TO FIND US A BETTER WAY
  
   NOW LISTEN AS THE SIREN GOES BY
   IT'S ANOTHER MOTHERS TURN TO CRY
   OH WHY DID WE EVER LET THE WORLD TURN SO
   COLD, NO NO NO...
   WELL I KNOW JOHNNY'S GONNA MAKE A CHANGE
   HE KNOWS THE ROAD HE'S GOTTA REARRANGE
   TO MAKE IT BETTER FPR HIS KIDS
   WHEN HE GETS OLD
  
   I KNOW IT'S GONNA BE A BRIGHTER DAY...