lyrics
Johnny
Come Lately
from
the album 'Copperhead Road'
by Steve Earle
I'm an American,
boys, come a long way
I was born and bred in the USA
So listen up close, I got somethin to say
Boys, I'm buyin this round
Well it took a little while but we're in this fight
Ain't goin home 'til we done what's right
Gonna drink Camden town dry tonight
If I have to spend my last pound
When I first got
to London it was pourin down rain
Met a Little girl in the field canteen
Painted 'er name on the nose of my plane
Six more missions I've gone
Well I asked if I could stay and she said that I might
Then the warden came around and he shut out the lights
Deaths rainin out of the London night
We made love 'til dawn
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When Johnny Come Lately comes marching home
Chest full of medals and a G.l. loan
They'll be waitin at the station down in San Antone
When Johnny comes marching home
My P-47 is a pretty
good ship
She took a round comin cross the Channel last trip
Just thinkin 'bout my baby and lettin her rip
Always got me through so far
Well they can ship me all over this great big world
Never found nothin like my North End girl
Takin' 'er home with me one day, Sir
Soon as we win this war
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Now my granddaddy
sang me this song
Told me 'bout London when the Blitz was on
How he married Grandma and brought her back home
A hero throughout this land
Now I'm standin on a runway in San Diego
A couple Purple Hearts so I move a little slow
There's nobody here, maybe nobody knows
'bout a place called Vietnam
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