Where's Johnny Lyrics - Shawn Mullins

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 couldn't keep his red suspenders on 

Oh where's johnny 

Has he gone away 

Oh where's johnny 

Will he back back someday 

He had a room full of trophies 

From the track meets and 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 'em it was nothin' of the kind 

Just life 

Just life mom 

Oh where's johnny 

Has he gone away 

Oh where's johnny 

Will he back back someday 

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 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 

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 gettin' through 

He's 30 odd years old 

I guess they figured there's 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 he'd 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...