Where's Johnny-James Mcmurtry

[ti:Where's Johnny] [ar:James Mcmurtry] [al:Candyland] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Where's Johnny - James Mcmurtry [00:04.75]Lyricist：James McMurtry [00:09.50]Composer：James McMurtry [00:14.26]Young Johnny he really had a way [00:17.31] [00:21.30]He did his homework on the school bus [00:23.87]And he always got an a [00:25.79] [00:28.84]And the girls liked Johnny [00:30.95]More than anyone 'cept maybe Elton John [00:34.03] [00:37.72]Later on in high school [00:39.53]He couldn't keep his red suspenders on [00:42.59] [00:46.84]Oh where's Johnny has he gone away [00:50.56] [00:55.09]Oh where's Johnny will he be back someday [00:59.14] [01:01.84]He had a room full of trophies [01:04.49]From the track meets and the tennis games he'd win [01:07.40] [01:10.14]He was a full blown whiz kid [01:12.62]He's bound to be a Renaissance man [01:15.33] [01:18.66]Then he went on off to college [01:20.75]Got his head stuck in a different state of mind [01:23.99] [01:26.92]When they asked him was it alcohol [01:29.26]He told them it was nothing of the kind [01:32.04]Just life [01:33.24] [01:36.18]Just life mom [01:37.81] [01:40.69]Oh where's Johnny has he gone away [01:44.46] [01:49.02]Oh where's Johnny will he be back someday [01:53.12] [01:59.97]Oh but Johnny's alright he just turned out his lights [02:04.63]They'd have paid it no mind had he not been so bright [02:08.94]He opened up his eyes and he snapped out of the groove [02:12.99]He saw both sides of everything and found he could not move [02:16.99] [02:19.40]Johnny moved home [02:20.93]Now he reads a lot of poetry and plays [02:24.24] [02:27.38]He'll sit out in the backyard [02:29.44]And not say a word to anyone for days [02:32.54] [02:35.57]And his folks gave up [02:37.18]They no longer even bother getting through [02:40.66] [02:43.49]And he's thirty odd years old [02:45.71]They must have figured there's just so much you can do [02:48.96] [03:09.01]His mother keeps his pictures [03:10.72]In the scrapbook in the drawer with her pearls [03:14.02] [03:17.14]She polishes the trophies [03:19.17]That he won back when they thought he'd save the world [03:22.42] [03:24.88]Back when the girls liked Johnny [03:27.12]More than anyone 'cept maybe Elton John [03:30.47] [03:33.68]She wonders where's her little boy [03:35.81]With the braces and the red suspenders gone [03:38.81] [03:40.75]Just life [03:41.78] [03:42.82]Just life mom [03:44.39] [03:46.93]Just life [03:48.19] [03:53.16]Just life mom [03:54.65] [03:57.29]Just life