Johnny Come Lately Lyrics

Johnny Come Lately lyrics

I'm sorry you couldn't make it

 You could have seen him

 So weathered and dated

 

 He was a Johnny Come Lately

 And I know that you would hate it

 

 If you'd seen his botanical leanings

 First prize exhibit and all down to good spirit

 

 He was a Johnny Come Lately

 And I know that you would hate me

 

 If I'd envied the things that he spoke of

 How I envied the things that he thought of

 

 He was a Johnny Come Lately

 And I know that you would hate me

 

 If I told you that I made some time

 To stay behind the final line and make the garden grow

 Where the sun no longer shines

 

 If I asked too many questions 

 And stayed behind the final line and made the garden grow

 But he never ever gave away the secret of his godforsaken soil

 

 He didn't need us

 Just tempted and teased us

 You could have been here

 Wishing you were here

 

 This was a Johnny Come Lately

 And I know that you would hate me

 

 He was a Johnny Come Lately

 And I know that you would hate me

 

 If I told you that I made some time

 To stay behind the final line and make the garden grow

 Where the sun no longer shines

 

 He assured the seeds you sold were sound

 But I must have cast them all on stony ground

 And now the sun won't shine

 

 I must have asked too many questions 

 And stayed behind the final line and made the garden grow

 But he never ever gave away the secret of his godforsaken soil