Where's Johnny

Young Johnny, he really had a way

He did his homework on the school bus

And he always got an A

And the girls liked Johnny

More than anyone 'cept maybe Elton John

Later on in high school

He couldn't keep his red suspenders on

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Oh where's Johnny has he gone away

Oh where's Johnny will he be back someday

He had a room full of trophies

From the track meets and the 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 them it was nothing of the kind

Just life... just life, mom

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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 he snapped out of the groove

He saw both sides of everything and found he could not move

Johnny moved 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 getting through

He's thirty-odd years old

They must have figured there's just so much you can do

His mother keeps his pictures

In the scrapbook in the drawer with her pearls

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 'cept maybe Elton John

She wonders where's her little boy

With the braces and the red suspenders gone

Just life...