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Based on true events that unfolded in my immediate presence in my hometown of Sault Ste. Marie in the summer of 2016.

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You died as you lived; anonymously
And I never knew your name so I call you “Johnny”
And I must have walked on past, A thousand guys like you
On the streets of Toronto, or back home in the Sault

Johnny on a park bench
Johnny in the street
Johnny at the shopping mall
with borrowed shoes on his feet
And did it ever occur to me to say “Johnny How you doing today?”
Oh Johnny, I hope that everything's OK

Well you let a sigh with your hands to the sky
As you went to meet your fate
Now they're pounding your chest and there's a crowd gathered 'round
But I fear it's too late
To save you now, we've missed our chance
by 20 odd years it seems
We should've reached out to that younger man
Who still had hopes and dreams

Johnny on a park bench
Johnny in the street
Johnny at the shopping mall
with borrowed shoes on his feet
And did it ever occur to me to say “Johnny How you doing today?”
Oh Johnny, I hope that everything's OK

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from Modern Dystopia, released November 20, 2018

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While Eric & The Soo's debut album "Small Town Dreamer" saw Toronto-based songwriter Eric Brombacher looking inwards and backwards to his past and his childhood in his hometown of Sault Ste. Marie, his follow-up "Modern Dystopia" sees him looking more outwards and forwards, at society as a whole and at our future on this beautiful planet we call Earth.
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