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 scr*pbook 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...