I'm sorry you couldn't make it
You should have seen him, so weathered and dated
He was a Johnny Come Lately
And I know that you would hate him

If you'd seen his botanical leanings
First prize exhibit and all down to good spirit
He was a Johnny Come Lately
And I know that you hate me

If I envied the things that he spoke of
How I envied the things that he thought of
He was a Johnny Come Lately
And I know that you would hate me

If I told you that iImade some time and stayed behind
To find out how to make a garden grow
Where the sun no longer shines

If I asked too many questions and stayed behind
To find out how to make a garden grow
But he never gave away the secret of his gorforsaken soil
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He didn't need us, just tempted and teased us
You could've been here, wishing you were here
This was a Johnny Come Lately
And I know that you would hate me
He was a Johnny Come Lately
And I know that you would hate me
He was a Johnny Come Lately

If I told you that I made some time and stayed behind
To find out how to make a garden grow
Where the sun no longer shines

He assured me that the seeds you sold were sound
But I must have cast them all on stony ground
And now the sun won't shine
I must have asked too many questions
And I stayed behind to find out how to make a garden grow

But he never ever gave away the secret of this godforsaken soil

Songwriter(s): Owen Powell, Paul Jones, Aled Richards, Cerys Matthews, Mark Roberts
Copyright: Sm Publishing Uk Limited
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