Lost Child
Hey!
Picked up by the police, only seventeen
What did he do, what did he say?
His father left him as a little boy
His mother turned tricks just to buy his toys
Seventy-two hour evaluation
Immediate psychiatric help
But Johnny wasn't crazy
He was just an angry boy
Hey!
Years later nothing much has changed
Liquor, drugs, and gangs have made him a man
Living in the streets in a world of his own
He stops and watches his heart turn to stone
He's an important person now
He's running with a wayward crowd
But Johnny wasn't crazy
He was just a lonely boy
Hey!
The pain got too great, an eventual suicide
Fear and anger were trapped deep inside
If only Johnny could have opened up his heart
Then me and Johnny would've never had to part
He's tired of running the vicious circle
He loaded and cocked his .45
But Johnny wasn't crazy
He was just a frightened boy
Oh, how many Johnnys must there be?
Oh, Johnny, how I wish you were here
Oh, how many Johnnys must there be?
Oh, Johnny, how I wish you were here
Oh, Johnny, how I wish
Oh, how I wish you were here
Picked up by the police, only seventeen
What did he do, what did he say?
His father left him as a little boy
His mother turned tricks just to buy his toys
Seventy-two hour evaluation
Immediate psychiatric help
But Johnny wasn't crazy
He was just an angry boy
Hey!
Years later nothing much has changed
Liquor, drugs, and gangs have made him a man
Living in the streets in a world of his own
He stops and watches his heart turn to stone
He's an important person now
He's running with a wayward crowd
But Johnny wasn't crazy
He was just a lonely boy
Hey!
The pain got too great, an eventual suicide
Fear and anger were trapped deep inside
If only Johnny could have opened up his heart
Then me and Johnny would've never had to part
He's tired of running the vicious circle
He loaded and cocked his .45
But Johnny wasn't crazy
He was just a frightened boy
Oh, how many Johnnys must there be?
Oh, Johnny, how I wish you were here
Oh, how many Johnnys must there be?
Oh, Johnny, how I wish you were here
Oh, Johnny, how I wish
Oh, how I wish you were here
Credits
Writer(s): Michael James Ness
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Other Album Tracks
Altri album
- Public Enemies (Live 1990)
- Prison Bound
- Up Around The Bend (From Free Birds Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
- Up Around The Bend (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack/ Commentary)
- Original Album Classics
- Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes (Deluxe Edition)
- California (Hustle and Flow)
- Hard Times And Nursery Rhymes
- Original Album Classics
- Greatest Hits
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