Johnny Somethin'

Johnny Somethin's sittin' on the porch, he lives a block from me
And every time he speaks he sounds like he's writin' an elegy
And when I ask him, "Johnny, why can't you ever be free and happy?"
He just turns away and says he wants to live in misery

Now, I don't know, for sure,
But I really think he's been through somethin'
Starin' like he's seen the destruction those four horsemen bring
And every now and then he wakes up to hear some birds sing
But then what drowns them out is a mind that makes his ears ring

Johnny somethin's walkin' down the street I don't know where he goes
They say nature's good for you but poision like an ivy grows
And if he's doin' dirty work, it's just a rumor, no one knows
He comes back with the world's mud
Who knows what seeds he sows?

I wish that I could talk to him and that we could see eye to eye
Maybe I can't help you, Johnny, but I could certainly try
You look just like a portrait there, your beauty makes me die inside
You leave without leavin', Johnny, before I get to say, "Goodbye."

You leave without leavin', Johnny, before I get to say, "Goodbye."

Johnny Somethin's just a name who used to live a block from me
And if that name is spoken now, it's only in a eulogy
And when I ask myself, "Hey, do you think he's free and happy?"
I answer my own question, "No one wants to live in misery."

Ooh, I answer my own question, "No one wants to live in misery."

Ooh, hoo, hoo
Hoo, hoo
No one wants to live in misery

Hoo, hoo,
Hoo, hoo,
No one wants to live in misery