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 and white as a ghost
Don't talk about life or death she said "I've had enough of both"
A girl called Johnny who - was - not - scared
They'd have torn her to pieces but who would dare?
Sax solo
I remember a girl called Johnny the train came to town, boy she got on it
Without looking back, without a word she said goodbye, well I never heard
but the noise goes on, the noise, the jazz
And the truth is in somebody else's hands
And the house that a girl called johnny built is now-just-ash-es and sand
Ashes and sand, ashes and sand