johnny smith was a regular guy
a guy just like you or me
he wanted a little girl to call his own
all he wanted was to be free
johnny’s mother had a parrot
his sister had an old yellow dog
when the dog was barking and the parrot squawking
johnny went for walks in the fog
life stretched out before him
like a highway crowded with wrecks
and people stared at him from windows
scratching their heads and necks
somehow johnny got through school
his brain was drowned in sludge
some say society destroyed him
but johnny held no grudge
finally he was on his own
and needed to find a job
he was employed by mister brown
who was connected to the mob
every day at one o’clock
after johnny came back from lunch
mister brown would come into the office
with his face in a crunch
mister brown would stare at johnny
like he had never seen him before
and shake his head and go into his office
and close the door
mister brown had a problem
a problem he could not solve
a problem that perplexed him
and tested his inner resolve
things were not what they used to be
mister brown knew the world was changing
every day when he walked the streets
he noticed its rearranging
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