Now every day you'd see him out on the front porch
With a guitar across his lap
He'd be a sitting there a digging that transistor radio
Picking all them hit songs out
While the other kids would sit around
And whittle on sticks
Little Johnny got his guitar down
And he'd pick
Cause that's the way that Johnny used to get his kicks
Trying to figure out some new hot licks
Little Johnny wants to be a star
Little Johnny wants to be a star
All he wants to do is sing a little song
And play music on a fine guitar
You hear him going
Leap in there Johnny
Now every time a show would come to town
You'd find Johnny on a front row seat
He'd be a sitting there a staring all misty eyed
Never missing one single beat
Now when the show was over
He would go straight home
Get his guitar down
And he would play it till dawn
A dreaming of a time when he'd be grown
And someday he'd have a show of his own
Little Johnny wants to be a star
Little Johnny wants to be a star
All he wants to do is sing a little song
And play music on a fine guitar
You hear him going
Leap in there Johnny
One day he picked up his songs and his guitar
He kissed his little mama goodbye
He drove to New York City
To see a record producer
Asking him to give him a try
And so they took him to the studio
They turned him loose
And when he started singing
And a-playing the blues
He saw them digging inside
That he surely could move
Yes sir, everybody knew the truth
Little Johnny wants to be a star
Little Johnny wants to be a star
At last he's singing a big hit song
And making music on a fine guitar
They heard him going
Show them, Johnny