A girl called johnny

I remember Johnny, hey!
Johnny come lately
I remember her shoes like a ballerina
A girl called johnny who changed her name
When she discovered her choice
Was to change or to be changed

I remember a girl called Johnny
Black as hell and white as a ghost
Don't talk about life or death
She said I've had enough of both
A girl called johnny who was not scared
They'd have torn her to pieces, but who would dare?

I remember a girl called Johnny
The train came to town, boy, she got on it
With no looking back, with not a word
If she said goodbye, well, I never heard
But the noise goes on
The noise, the jazz
And the truth is in somebody else's hands
And the house that a girl called Johnny built
Is now just ashes and sand