Lyrics and translation Catatonia - Johnny Come Lately

Johnny Come Lately

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 ilI made 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

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.

Johnny Come Lately

Je suis désolée que tu n'aies pas pu venir
Tu aurais dû le voir, si usé et démodé
C'était un Johnny Come Lately
Et je sais que tu le détesterais

Si tu avais vu ses penchants botaniques
Premier prix de l'exposition et tout ça pour le bon esprit
C'était un Johnny Come Lately
Et je sais que tu me détestes

Si j'enviais les choses dont il parlait
Comme j'enviais les choses auxquelles il pensait
C'était un Johnny Come Lately
Et je sais que tu me détesterais

Si je te disais que j'ai pris du temps et que je suis restée
Pour apprendre à faire pousser un jardin
Où le soleil ne brille plus

Si je posais trop de questions et que je restais
Pour apprendre à faire pousser un jardin
Mais il n'a jamais révélé le secret de son sol maudit

Il n'avait pas besoin de nous, il nous a juste tentées et taquinées
Tu aurais pu être ici, souhaitant être ici
C'était un Johnny Come Lately
Et je sais que tu me détesterais

C'était un Johnny Come Lately
Et je sais que tu me détesterais
C'était un Johnny Come Lately

Si je te disais que j'ai pris du temps et que je suis restée
Pour apprendre à faire pousser un jardin
Où le soleil ne brille plus

Il m'a assurée que les graines que tu vendais étaient saines
Mais je dois les avoir toutes jetées sur un sol pierreux
Et maintenant le soleil ne brillera plus

J'ai dû poser trop de questions
Et je suis restée pour apprendre à faire pousser un jardin
Mais il n'a jamais révélé le secret de ce sol maudit.