A Girl Called Johnny Lyrics

Lyric discussion by kat001 

Cover art for A Girl Called Johnny lyrics by Waterboys, The

I think this is a song about a girl who refused to be something that the world may have wanted her to be. Like maybe she was tired of having to be this or that. To the line where she's had enough of life and death. I'm almost sure that it means she has seen to much of death (whether it be physical or the death of values and dreams) and she's tired of the troubles of life. The train could either be literal (like she left the town she had grown up in and the world she was raised in) or she killed herself. I think the second option is more likely because the whole song has a bitter, regretful tone. Like the artist is blaming society for the death of someone so unique and brave. Johnny could also represent any different, beautiful thing that the world has suffocated with values and rules.