Look ahead and all you see are brick wallsnAnd all you feel are broken fallsnYou're left asking why mennRight behind is the devil in a three piecenTrying to force you down on your kneesnMake you beg him for some mercynYou say you'd sell your soul for just a chancennAt the big time would I find this pipe dreamnIf only you could you would help itnHas-beens have a road of hopenIt follows them wherever they gonnIt's been years since you picked up your chellonYou know you can but you say no(oh oh)nJohnny write a symphony for me (oh oh)nJohnny write a symphony for mennOn the right side people walk the straight and narrownAnd their bank books adding zeros telling you you got potentialnYou were not left out when they were handing out the good lifenThey offered cuts in front of the linenYou misunderstood and you said your hands were fullnYeah don't kick yourself for wasting all those yearsnnAt the big time would I find this pipe dreamnIf only you could you would help itnHas-beens have a road of hopenIt follows them wherever they gonnIt's been years since you picked up your chellonYou know you can but you say no. (oh oh)nJohnny write a symphony for me (oh oh)nJohnny write a symphony for mennBeethoven Bach Mozart were not aiming for the bullseyenWith a masterpiece in mind they did not knownThey just wrote their hearts' desirenDespite the critics and the liarsnThe world yearns to hear your golden bownnAt the big time would I find this pipe dreamnIf only you could you would help itnHas-beens have a road of hopenIt follows them wherever they gonnIt's been years since you picked up your chellonYou know you can but you say no (oh oh)nJohnny write a symphony for me (oh oh)nJohnny write a symphony for me (oh oh)nJohnny write a song for me.