Johnny Rocks On

Johnny was a quiet boy

Sitting in the back of the class at school

Johnny was a rock and roll rebble..

Ton up motorbikes up and down the North Circular

Neasden ,Stonebridge Park,

The Hanger Lane roundabout.

Johnny was a shy boy

Who could never chat up the girls

Johnny was a rock and roll sex symbol..

Suggestive stage movements

The guitarists rithym and blues riffs

Bringing forbidden sounds to post war Britain..

Our parents disapproved

Alf Garnet complained

But us teenagers really loved it.

Johnny was an awkward boy

Who liked to daydream

The teachers would get annoyed.

Johnny was a punk

Who looked menacing in his eye patch

To a young lad just coming into his teens.

The guitars crunched

The drums rolled on in Thunder.

His manager tried to tame him

Getting him to sing ballads

But Johnny liked to drink

And his rebellious spirit nobody could truly tame.

Johnny was a quiet boy

Who was often alone

Johnny liked to live out his dreams

Johnny rocks on.

Frank Bangay

September 06 revised April/May 07