A Girl Called Johnny

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Waterboys

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 the 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 please 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, barely a word
if 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 so much
ashes and sand