Steve Earle - Johnny Come Lately Lyrics
Im an american, boys, and Ive come a long wayI was born and bred in the usaSo listen up close, Ive get something to sayBoys, Im buying this roundWell it took a iittke while but were in this fightAnd we aint going home til weve done whats rightWere gonna drink camden town dry tonightIf I have to spend my last poundWhen I first got to london it was pourin down rainMet a iittle girl in the field canteenPainted her name on the nose of my planeSix more missions Im geneWell I asked if I could stay and she said that I mightThen the warden came around yelling turn out the lightsDeath rainin out of the london nightWe made love til dawnBut when johnny come lately comes marching homeWith a chest full of medals and a g.l. loanTheyll be waitin at the station down in san antoneWhen johnny comes marching homeMy p-47 is a pretty good shipAnd she took a round coming cross the channel last tripI was thinking bout my baby and letting her ripAlways got me through so farWell they can ship me all over this great big worldBut Ill never find nothing like my north end girlIm taking her home whh me one day, sirSoon as we win this warNow my granddaddy sang me this songTold me about londen when the blitz was onHow he married grandma and brought her back homeA hero throughout his landNow Im standing on a runway in san diegoA couple purple hearts and I move a little slowTheres nobody here, maybe nobody knowsAbout a place called vietnam
