Song Description
Sadness over gradual character transformation and loss of drug addicted lover
| Song Length |
4:00 |
Genre |
Rock - Alternative, Rock - Indie/Low-Fi |
| Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
Mood |
Poignant, Troubled |
| Subject |
Addiction, Sadness |
Similar Artists |
Fiona Apple, Cowboy Junkies |
| Language |
English |
Era |
2000 and later |
Lyrics
c Julia Solarz 2003
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Johnny Knows Best
Johnny walks home past cathedral bells,
past the drifters and the joggers.
Johnny walks up to tai chi hill
where he dreams about the water.
When he's angry he's a check-out boy.
When he's happy, he's an artist.
Just one hit and a pill or two,
then he can dive the farthest.
Chrous
Johnny knows best, Johnny knows all
the searching and the thunder.
Johnny knows best, Johnny knows all
the pain and the hunger.
Johnny knows best, Johnny knows all, Johnny walks home.
When he was young and spoke in dreams,
he'd take me to the edge of town,
bend the arc of my small small world,
never let me down.
Talk of leaving, talk of living
somewhere far from here.
When I was lonely, if I was drifting,
he always drew me near.
Chorus
Bridge
Now I give my love, but it falls from him like petals in the rain.
He's swimming in an ocean -- deep deep refrain.
Chorus and out