Men At Work - Be Good Johnny (Colin Hay)

In the Men At Work song "Be Good Johnny", Johnny is his mother's golden boy who obeys every golden rule. He doesn't want to play football, cricket (be in the real world). All he wants to do is live in fantasy and daydreams where no one is screaming. Like his parents, the bullies. It's social anxiety and agoraphobia. Feeling like he's constantly walking on eggshells.

"Be Good" is so ingrained in Johnny's mind, that even when the song stops saying "Be Good", the mind still makes the listener hear those words from years of repeatedly getting drilled into his brain. Johnny doesn't have to even be told anymore. He needs to break free from the shackles and be Bad Johnny every so often.

At the end of the song, you're lead to believe Johnny is REALLY Colin Hay, the lead singer and frontman of Men At Work. Basically, he hatched from the cocoon and became a beautiful butterfly rockstar.

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I'm like Johnny as well. I'm my mother's Golden Boy. I want to be away from the chaos and screaming, daydreaming all day long. I'm meek, susceptible to bullies, scared of the real world. So I play in a fantasy-land.