LYRIC FOR SALE

By Laurie Mahoney

(1st Verse)
Johnny we’ve been friends
Since I don’t know when
You were the coolest guy back then
Through all the years
And a thousand beers
You were the wildest of all our friends

Now I see you in your suit
On your regular commute
Something inside o’ me dies
Where’d it all go wrong?
I know you think you belong
But in ya heart ya just not one of those guys

I know we all grow up
And start needing the money
But now you never laugh
You just say that’s funny
More machine than man
With ya long-term well laid out plans

(Chorus)
You were the funniest guy
With a million vices
Now you talk mortgages
And real estate prices
When’s the last time ya loosened up
And hit the town
Johnny I miss you but you’re still around

(2nd Verse)
I’m feeling sorry for you now
And the things that you do
You’ve got ya painted smile
But you’re lookin’ so blue
Tryin’ hard to fit in
With a game you just can’t win, it’s true

You used to roll with the punches
Take a few chances
Now it’s corporate lunches
With press conference answers
If they only knew
All the things you used to always do

I still see you all the time
But it’s getting so that I’m
Tired of just watching you fade
Johnny come out and play
We’re only half a mile away
This other guy has overstayed


(Chorus)
You were the funniest guy
With a million vices
Now you talk mortgages
And real estate prices
When’s the last time ya really
Let ya hair hang down
Johnny I miss you but you’re still around


(Bridge)
Your life it happens now
You don’t get to bank it
Just spit out the Kool-Aid
Say that you drank it
I know we have to grow and change
But your younger self
Shouldn’t be a stranger to you

(Chorus)
You were the funniest guy
With a million vices
Now you talk mortgages
And real estate prices
When’s the last time ya really
Just played the clown
Johnny I miss you but you’re still around