Where`s Johnny Lyrics

Where`s Johnny lyrics

Young Johnny 

 he really had a way 

 he did his homework on the schoolbus 

 and always got an A 

 and the girls like Johnny 

 more than anyone except maybe Elton John 

 later on in high school 

 he couldn't keep his red suspenders on 

 oh where's Johnny 

 has he gone away 

 oh where's Johnny 

 will he back back someday 

 He had a room full of trophies 

 from the track meets and tennis games he'd win 

 he was a full blown whiz kid 

 bound to be a Renaissance man 

 then he went on off to college 

 got his head stuck in a different state of mind 

 when they asked him was it alcohol 

 he told 'em it was nothin' of the kind 

 just life 

 just life Mom 

 oh where's Johnny 

 has he gone away 

 oh where's Johnny 

 will he back back someday 

 but Johnny's alright 

 he just turned out his lights 

 they'd have paid it no mind 

 had he not been so bright 

 he opened up his eyes 

 and snapped out in a groove 

 he saw both sides of everthing 

 and found he could not move 

 Johnny moved back home 

 now he reads a lot of poetry and plays 

 he'll sit out in the backyard 

 and not say a word to anyone for days 

 and his folks gave up 

 they no longer even bother gettin' through 

 he's 30 odd years old 

 I guess they figured there's just so much you can do 

 his mother keeps his pictures 

 in the scrapbook in the drawer with her pearls 

 and she polishes the trophies 

 that he won back when they thought he'd save the world 

 back when the girls liked Johnny 

 more than anyone except maybe Elton John 

 she wonders wheres her little boy 

 with the braces and the red suspenders gone 

 just life 

 just life Mom 

 just life 

 just life...