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Johnny
My good friend John Leppert
was in the process of making a mix tape of John songs (strange for a guy with
next to no ego, but that's life, I suppose) and asked me to write one for him. I took a
few liberties with his name, to say the least. What possessed me to drive home from
Dominick's one day and think,
"Gabriela Sabatini, that sure is an exotic name," I will
never know, but I guess "Trust The Randomity" reigns again.
Lyrics:
Johnny wants to find a girl with an exotic name
Like Gabriela Sabatini, Marilyn Monroe is too plain
To play the heroine of his erratic fantasies
He needs a name that he can just call out with overflowing passion
Johnny's girlfriend doesn't mind, she knows it's just a matter of time
'Til she changes her name for him
Johnny wants to find a girl with an exquisite head
Like Marie Curie, he admits he'd settle for a Bronte instead
To play the muse for him, debate the evening news with him
He needs a mind to stimulate his every lobe and hemisphere
Johnny's girlfriend doesn't care,
she knows one day she'll find herself there
Once she sinks as deep as he wants
There are days she thinks she doesn't know about him
They're outnumbered by the days she thinks she doesn't know enough
Johnny wants to find a girl with an angelic voice
Like Lori Carson, Harriet Wheeler - if he only got to make the choice
Between the two of them, he knows just what he'd do with them -
Engage them in some conversation, let them talk him into bed
Johnny's girlfriend doesn't say she's hurting in an audible way
But she knows how to make him hear
Johnny's girlfriend thought she found a boy with a heart of gold
She's generating ample heat to keep the two of them from growing cold
She knows that she can't follow him through his Elysian Fields
Or Marshall Fields or Soldier Field so every night she prays for him
Johnny wakes up every morning, clueless and without a warning
Just which of his dreams have come true
Johnny needs to find a girl with a familiar name
