Dear Amy, see you in September
Hope that you remember me next year
Hey Jamie, you've been a great friend to me
I hope that I'll still see you around here

'Cause I'm looking through the yearbook
Then I find that empty space
There's a name without a picture
But I can't forget his face

Tell me, where did he go?
I want to know
Where did Johnny go?
It says "picture unavailable" right here
More than sad
It makes me mad to know somebody knows
There's a lying in your silence
Tell me, where did Johnny go?

Poor Katie, she won't even speak his name
None of us will ever be the same
It's quiet in the halls
But I hear echoing off the walls
The rumors of Johnny's mystery
'Cause I'm looking through the yearbook
Then I find that empty space
No, he never wrote me nothing
But I can't forget his face

Tell me, where did he go?
I want to know
Where did Johnny go?
It says "picture unavailable" right here
More than sad
It makes me mad to know somebody knows
There's a lying in your silence
Tell me, where did Johnny go?

Oh, there's a lying in your silence
Tell me, where did Johnny go?
Oh, there's a lying in your silence
Tell me, where did Johnny go?

Sometimes I think I hear him calling out my name
Sometimes I wonder if maybe we're to blame
It's been a year now and a lot of things have changed
But I keep thinking about Johnny
I keep turning to that page

Where did he go?
I want to know
Where did he go?
I want to know

Oh, there's a lying in your silence
Tell me, where did Johnny go?
Oh, there's a lying in your silence
Tell me, where did Johnny go?


Lyrics submitted by sunnybunnygirl

Yearbook Lyrics as written by Isaac Hanson Ellen Shipley

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    Roar! HOT DERN, I can not believe nobody has commented on this song. Yes, it is Hanson who are no longer mainstream, but they still 0wn u f00'z...

    In all seriousness, I'm about to be 16 and I still heart them. <3

    dementedtissueon May 01, 2004   Link

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