JOHNNY BOY GONE

I’m knocking on his door I’m ringing on his bell
I hear the neighbours yelling go to hell
I’m searching every pool hall hospitals too
I might hire a detective what else can I do

Johnny boy gone – he’s gone away
He’s completely out of sight – he left yesterday

He didn’t owe no money his debts were all paid
He stayed completely sober on the saint Patrick’s day parade
And he returned my Beatles albums he took when we were young
The man didn’t have an enemy he didn’t own a gun

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One time we dropped acid we stood under the stars
Contemplated the chances of life on Mars
We thought the love of money was the devil’s own curse
And to wear a suit and tie well what else could be worse
Ah many years later the television said
They found him in a cabin completely out of his head
The found poor Johnny he was living with a bear
He was dressed in skins with very long hair

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They say Johnny went to Harvard
He was as smart as you can get
Some even say it was him who invented the internet
They brought him back to town
Then back to civilization
Soon his favorite movie was Birth of a nation
And you know he joined the klan
He became some kind of wizard
He was living on corn bread and chicken gizzards
He finally entered politics he made it to the senate
On Christmas eve he impersonated Tonny Bennet

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I finally got his number I called him on the phone
I said what happened to you man did you get too stoned
He said the world is changing you need a lot more than love
You need some hawks like me to protect you peace doves

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