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...


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