Janie's got a gun (Water song)

Ch' dum dum dum, honey what have you done

Ch' dum dum dum, it's the sound of my gun

Ch' dum dum dum, honey what have you done

Ch' dum dum dum, it's the sound, it's the sound

Janie's got a gun

Janie's got a gun

Her whole world's come undone

From lookin' straight at the sun

What did her daddy do?

What did he put you through?

They said when Janie was arrested

They found him underneath a train

But man he had it comin'

Now that Janie's got a gun

She ain't never gonna be the same

Janie's got a gun

Janie's got a gun

Her dog days just begun

Now everybody is on the run

Tell me now it's untrue

What did her daddy do?

He jacked a little bitty baby

The man has got to be insane

They say the spell that he was under

The lightning and the thunder

Knew that someone had to stop the rain

Run away, run away from the pain

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Run away, run away from the pain

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Run away, run away

Run, run away... ooh

Janie's got a gun

Janie's got a gun

Her dog days just begun

Now everybody is on the run

What did her daddy do?

It's Janie's last I - O - U

She had to take him down easy

And put a bullet in his brain

She said 'cause nobody believes me

The man was such a sleaze

He ain't never gonna be the same

Run away, run away from the pain

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Run away, run away from the pain

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Run away, run away

Run, run away...

Janie's got a gun

Janie's got a gun

Janie's got a gun

Everybody is on the run

Janie's got gun

Her dog day's just begun

Now everybody is on the run

Because Janie's got a gun

Janie's got a gun

Her dog day's just begun

Now everybody is on the run

Janie's got a gun

Lyrical interpretation

The song is about a girl named Janie who takes revenge on her father after being sexually abused; it is one of the few Aerosmith songs to deal with a heavy social issue. Aerosmith vocalist Steven Tyler says that he came up with the title and melody before he knew what direction he wanted the song to take. It had taken nine months to finish the lyrics; after Tyler read a Newsweek article on gunshot victims, he was able to connect the song with the theme of child abuse/incest. The line "He jacked a little bitty baby" was originally "He raped a little bitty baby," but was changed for commercial purposes. In addition, the line "...and put a bullet in his brain" was sometimes changed to "...and left him in the pouring rain" for the radio airplay version.