I remember Johnny
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, white as a ghost
Don't talk about life and death she'd say
I've had enough of both
A Girl called Johnny who
was not scared
They would 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
without looking back, with barely 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 so much
ashes and sand