Johnny Come Lately Lyrics - Singles - Catatonia

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 him 

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 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 and stayed behind 

To find out how to make a garden grow 

Where the sun no longer shines 

If I asked too many questions and I stayed behind 

To find out how to make a garden grow 

But he never ever gave away the secret of this 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 and stayed behind 

To find out how to make a garden grow 

Where the sun no longer shines 

He assured me that 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 D 

And stayed behind to find out how to make a garden grow 

But he never ever gave away the secret of this godforsaken soil