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