I remember johnny - hey!
Johnny come lately
I remember her shoes like a ballerina
A girl called johnny who
Changed her name when she
Discovered her choice was to
Change or to be changed

I remember a girl called johnny
Black as hell and white as a ghost
Don?t talk about life or death
She said I?ve had enough of both
A girl called johnny who was not scared
They?d have torn her to pieces but
Who would dare? 

I remember a girl called johnny
The train came to town, boy she got on it
With no looking back, with not a word
If she said goodbye, well I never heard
But the noise goes on
The noise, the jazz
And the truth is in somebody else?s hands
And the house that a girl called johnny built
Is now just ashes and sand