Words And Music By Joe Jackson) Johnny Was A Young Boy With Nothing Much Except A Certain Kind Of Look In His Eye He Was Discovered One Day - You See He Had A Certain Kind Of Appeal For A Certain Kind Of Guy Who Gave Him Some Advice On What To Wear And Sent Him Out To Make The Young Girls Cry And All The Young Boys Who'd Been Just Dumb And Restless Now They Could Identify So Tell Me Who'll Take The Blame For The Way Things Turned Out Well Six Long Months Passed And Johnny Was The Biggest Thing Alive And We Loved Johnny And We Owned Johnny And No One Knew How Johnny Felt Inside And Johnny Was So Beautiful, He Was Like A God And We All Went Along For The Ride And The Ride Started To Go Too Fast And Johnny Just Conveniently Died And He Went Up In Flames He Did What He Had To Do Chorus: And They Say It's A Tragic Story He Just Wasn't There One Day But He Went Out In A Blaze Of Glory And You And I - You And I Just Fade Away Well Nowadays There's Lots Of Guys Like Johnny They Got It All Worked Out - Like Working 9 To 5 But They're All Just Cartoons - All Think They're Superman But They Can't Even Fly And They Say That Johnny's Ghost Walks 'round In Memphis When The Moon Is Full And High And I Wonder If He's Seen These Jokers And I Wonder If He Laughs Or If He Cries Now He's An Angel In Flames But What About You And Me Chorus (c) 1989 By Pokazuka Ltd. Administered In The U.s. And Canada By Almo Music Corp. (ascap
