Songtext Where's johnny Shawn Mullins

Where's johnny

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 couldnt keep his red suspenders on
Oh wheres johnny
Has he gone away
Oh wheres johnny
Will he back back someday
He had a room full of trophies
From the track meets and tennis games hed 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 wheres johnny
Has he gone away
Oh wheres johnny
Will he back back someday
But johnnys alright
He just turned out his lights
Theyd 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
Hell 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
Hes 30 odd years old
I guess they figured theres 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 hed 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...