I know i'm commenting on this a bit late in the game but... i believe this song is from the point of view of a male lover of Johnny Borrell.
"the boy looked at Johnny" is a line from Patti Smith's Land, which is a song about gay sex.
"he did it with his hat on" - he had sex with a condom on
"and a saddle" - he is literally riding the boy
"and a gun" - with his penis
(the cowboy references also lend themselves to homoeroticism)
Soho is mentoned as it is famous for its sex industry and prostitution... hinting that Johnny will miss Soho because of this. Everybody in Soho "goes la di da" i.e. they're homosexuals... Johnny will miss the homosexual sex industry and rent boys of Soho...
I think this song is just a bit slanderous towards Borrell, that is if this song is even about Borrell. (It could be another Johnny). Also, Doherty was a rent boy in his early days in order to fund his addictions... this song could be related to that.
I know i'm commenting on this a bit late in the game but... i believe this song is from the point of view of a male lover of Johnny Borrell.
"the boy looked at Johnny" is a line from Patti Smith's Land, which is a song about gay sex.
"he did it with his hat on" - he had sex with a condom on "and a saddle" - he is literally riding the boy "and a gun" - with his penis (the cowboy references also lend themselves to homoeroticism)
Soho is mentoned as it is famous for its sex industry and prostitution... hinting that Johnny will miss Soho because of this. Everybody in Soho "goes la di da" i.e. they're homosexuals... Johnny will miss the homosexual sex industry and rent boys of Soho...
I think this song is just a bit slanderous towards Borrell, that is if this song is even about Borrell. (It could be another Johnny). Also, Doherty was a rent boy in his early days in order to fund his addictions... this song could be related to that.