Have You Seen Johnny?

Wrote and recorded this song in October 2024.

"I knew a feller was bound to fail, 

Kept on searching for the holy grail. 

I knew a guy misspent his youth. 

Would not stop looking for the hidden truth.

Have you seen Johnny? 

Have you seen John? 

Have you seen Johnny? 

My friend Johnny's been gone too long.

Long blonde hair and bright blue eyes 

And a smile to win the smiling prize. 

I knew a feller who was on my team, 

I knew a feller had a hell of a dream.

He didn't quote book or nursery rhyme, 

He'd listen, consider then speak his mind. 

Gonna set the world aright, he said. 

Gonna put the devil's kin to bed.

Have you seen Johnny? 

Have you seen John? 

Have you seen Johnny? 

My friend Johnny's been gone too long.

He preached the value of a golden code. 

But I doubt he found the motherlode. 

The powers-that-be they come down hard, 

On the solitary hero standing guard.

Have you seen Johnny? 

Have you seen John? 

Have you seen Johnny? 

My friend Johnny's been gone too long.

He had to put the world to right 

And off he went to fight the fight. 

But you tell the truth in truthless age 

And THEY'll erase that truthful page.

I hear tell they shot him down 

And buried him in unhallowed ground. 

Well, Johnny still has a world to save, 

And I won't believe it till I see his grave.

Have you seen Johnny? 

Have you seen John? 

Have you seen Johnny? 

My friend Johnny's been gone too long.

Though the fires of hell they choke and burn, 

Johnny never broke one single vow. 

And he said one day he would return. 

Come home Johnny, we need you now!

Have you seen Johnny? 

Have you seen him? 

You might have seen Johnny, 

Where there's a world to win.

Have you seen Johnny? 

Have you seen John? 

Have you seen Johnny? 

My friend Johnny's been gone too long."