I remember Johnny hey Johnny come lately I remember her shoes like a ballerina A girl called Johnny who Changed her name when she Discovered her choice was to change Or to be changed
I remember a girl called Johnny Black as hell, white as a ghost Don't talk about life and death She'd say, 'I've had enough of both' A girl called Johnny who Was not scared They would have torn her to pieces but Who would dare?
I remember a girl called Johnny The train came to town, boy! She got on it Without looking back, with barely a word If she said goodbye well I never heard But the noise goes on The noise, the jazz Truth is in somebody else's hands And the house that a girl called Johnny built Is now just so much Ashes and sand Ashes and sand Ashes and sand Ashes and sand