This is certainly not about JFK at all. 1963 and John(ny) are there to confuse you about that. This is clearly a gay/bisexual song, and don\'t let anybody tell you differently. Johnny is about to murder his gay lover because he has a wife now (which is likely not his first wife due to the word "another" in the lyrics). Perhaps his first wife found out about his homo/bisexuality, and that\'s what caused the initial divorce. Now he doesn\'t want the wife to know or to get divorced again, and perhaps Johnny is ashamed of that same-sex side of him, so he attempts to eliminate that part of him by eliminating his gay lover. There it is. Spot-ON.
This is certainly not about JFK at all. 1963 and John(ny) are there to confuse you about that. This is clearly a gay/bisexual song, and don\'t let anybody tell you differently. Johnny is about to murder his gay lover because he has a wife now (which is likely not his first wife due to the word "another" in the lyrics). Perhaps his first wife found out about his homo/bisexuality, and that\'s what caused the initial divorce. Now he doesn\'t want the wife to know or to get divorced again, and perhaps Johnny is ashamed of that same-sex side of him, so he attempts to eliminate that part of him by eliminating his gay lover. There it is. Spot-ON.