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