John Locked Into a Red Car

Poor old John, I'll go after the red car said John, Poor John, Poor silly old John, Didn't he know he was locking himself into, What turned out to be his famous last words, As after the red car went by, A blue one came out of a side street, And that was the end of poor silly old John. If poor silly old John and others who met similar fates, Had not locked themselves in, And kept fate out of the equation, Opting instead to go when the way was clear, How long in the tooth could they have become.