Johnny Was A Pyro Lyrics - Singles - Patty Larkin

Johnny was a pyro and he acted like a baby 

Wanted all this attention I couldn't give 

Drink a bottle of hard stuff, say I love you now save me 

Just a big guy with a funny sense of sin 

And the neighbor down the block in his underwear and socks 

Keeping track of the losses and wins with his wife 

Hanging out the window wondering which way the wind blows 

As I fumble the key in the lock again, singing 

Oh me, what am I doing with this ring on my hand? 

Oh me, if this is the good life who's choosin' it? 

Oh me, mama's best woman and daddy's best man 

Oh me, I'm highly in danger of losin' it 

Johnny was a pyro and he acted like a baby 

Got a phone call from the wild almost every night 

Well, he loved me but he really loved looking past me to the ladies 

He was much too good looking for his height 

We were a couple of kids crawling out of the crib 

Talking about the positives and the negatives of wine 

Living our lives just like Hemingway did 

But he was lucky, he was a genius most the time 

Oh me, what am I doing with this ring on my hand? 

Oh me, if this is the good life who's choosin' it? 

Oh me, mama's best woman and daddy's best man 

Oh me, I'm highly in danger of losin' it 

He was sideswiped by the clue bus when it came to talking two of us 

And the whole thing ended ugly, I guess 

You can put your cards out on the table but if nobody wants to play 

Well, you haven't got a game, you got a mess 

And I was looking at the judge leaning on my lawyer like a crutch 

And the judge said what happened and why? 

I said, "Johnny was a pyro and he acted like a baby" 

Now there's nothing like the sound of good bye 

Oh me, what am I doing with this ring on my hand? 

Oh me, if this is the good life who's choosin' it? 

Oh me, mama's best woman and daddy's best man 

Oh me, I'm highly in danger of losin' it 

Johnny was a pyro and he acted like a baby 

Wanted all of this attention I couldn't give