My name is Tommy, but my friends all call me killer
I just had my sixteenth birthday, not like anyone remembered
Yeah, the old man came home drunk, he busted up my ma, I heard it
And I could have tried to stop him, but she probably deserved it

And you don’t know anything about me
You don’t know anything about me

I knew that store took in at least a couple hundred daily
Seemed enough to make a new start, try to get away and save me
So I took my brother’s gun, I could have sworn it wasn’t loaded
But then some joker tried to be a hero, and my whole world exploded

And you don’t know anything about me
You don’t know anything about me

And there’s nowhere that you can put me where I’ll feel worse
That man I shot comes every night, he’s haunting me just like
Haunting me just like a curse

My name is Tommy, you know killer’s just a nick-name
I never meant to hurt nobody, I just made a bad decision
And I stand before you now, I know you think I’ll beg for mercy
But you’ve never had to live my life, so how dare you try and judge me

’Cause you don’t know anything about me
You don’t know anything about me
Hey you don’t know me