Johnny Come Lately Lyrics - Cantatonia

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