Johnny is hiding in the bushes in the dirt with his new blue shoes scared of going home his daddy said he’s gonna beat him so he waits until he’s sleeping on a bed of stone when johnny sings everything is changing colors and the sorrows getting smaller and it’s warm around your soul when johnny smiles all the angels must get jealous coz he’s got the looks of elvis and he just makes you feel fine johnny often stays with mary mary isn’t really caring and has hardly time she didn’t notice johnny’s missing then one day the cops came knocking on her wooden door and mary’s struggling on her own nothing’s right and nothing’s wrong she was far too young and feeling left alone when they were knocking on her door tears were falling on the floor a little bird was flying to another shore