JOHNNY
(CAME HOME FROM THE WAR)
Robb Strandlund
NO DEMO
JOHNNY CAME HOME FROM THE WAR,
JOHNNY'S DONE HIS PATRIOTIC CHORE.
WHEN HE LEFT HOME 'BOUT A YEAR AGO.
HIS FAMILY AND HIS FRIENDS ALL LET HIM KNOW,
HOW PROUD IT MADE THEM FEEL TO SEE HIM GO.
JOHNNY CAME HOME FROM THE WAR.
JOHNNY'S ALL ALONE AND WHAT FOR?
WHEN HIS UNCLE CAME HOME FROM GERMANY,
ALL THE BANDS WERE PLAYIN' AND THE BEER WAS FREE.
AND EVERYBODY CHEERED HIS VICTORY.
WHEN JOHNNY CAME MARCHING HOME AGAIN HURRAH.
WHO GAVE HIM A HEARTY WELCOME HOME HURRAH!
NOT THE WOMAN THAT HE LEFT TO HOLD HIS NAME.
NOT HIS MOM AND HIS DAD, BUT THEIR NOT TO BLAME.
FOR A COUNTRY THAT JUST DOESN'T SEEM TO FEEL THE SAME.
JOHNNY'S LEAVING HOME TODAY, GOODBYE,
JOHNNY LET HIS HAIR GROW LONG, OH WHY?
HE'S TRYIN' TO START ANEW, SO HE CAN FORGET.
ALL THE THINGS THAT HE'S DONE, AND THE PEOPLE HE'S MET.
GONNA' TRY TO START LIVIN' A LIFE THAT HE WON'T REGRET.
JOHNNY CAME HOME FROM THE WAR,
JOHNNY'S DONE HIS PATRIOTIC CHORE.
WHEN HE LEFT HOME 'BOUT A YEAR AGO.
HIS FAMILY AND HIS FRIENDS ALL LET HIM KNOW,
HOW PROUD IT MADE THEM FEEL TO SEE HIM GO.