The Ballad of Johnny X - The Bouncing Souls

Johnny says he's bound by only six strings to this

World

Johnny says he keeps them always one turn out of

Tune

Johnny never listens to the kids that say

Johnny x ain't never done the right thing anyway

Johnny wears his leather like a crown of thorns

Johnny spends a lot of time wishing he was never born

Johnny waits at journal square and tells himself again

Johnny you're the patron saint of spittin' in the wind

Johnny's got all the right scars but he'll never learn

From them

Johnny's past is his guide but he can't remember where

He's been

Looks up through the steam of his caffine and

Says

Life a train I barely caught just to find out

I ain't got the fare

I got my records of the king to keep me

The red red wine in the air is drifting

Four chords and the spite to use them

And just enough wisdom to ignore the truth

Right a badly girl

Right a

Right a

Johnny