Johnny Come Lately

[Verse 1]

I'm an American, boys

I've come a long way

I was born and bred in the USA

So listen up close

I've got somethin' to say

Boys, I'm buying this round

[Verse 2]

Well it took a little while, but we're in this fight

And we ain't going home until we've done what's right

We're going to drink Camden Town dry tonight

If I have to spend my last pound

[Verse 3]

When I first got to London it was pouring down rain

Met a little girl in the field canteen

Painted her name on the nose of my plane

Six more missions, I'm gone

[Verse 4]

Well I asked if I could stay and she said that I might

Then the warden came around yelling "shut out the lights"

Death raining out of the London night

We made love 'til dawn

[Chorus]

But when Johnny Come Lately comes marching home

With a chest full of medals and a G.I. loan

They'll be waiting at the station down in San Antone

When Johnny comes marching home

[Verse 5]

My P-47 is a pretty good ship

And she took a round coming cross the Channel last trip

I was thinking about my baby and letting her rip

Always got me through so far

[Verse 6]

Well they can ship me all over this great big world

Never find nothing like my North End girl

I'm taking her home with me one day, sir

Soon as we win this war

[Chorus]

But when Johnny Come Lately comes marching home

With a chest full of medals and a G.I. loan

They'll be waiting at the station down in San Antone

When Johnny comes marching home

Johnny!

[Guitar Solo]

1:47 - 2:09

[Verse 7]

Now my granddaddy sang me this song

Told me about London when the Blitz was on

How he married Grandma and brought her back home

A hero throughout this land

[Verse 8]

Now I'm standing on a runway in San Diego

A couple purple hearts, so I move a little slow

There's nobody here, maybe nobody knows

About a place called Vietnam

[Chorus]

But when Johnny Come Lately comes marching home

With a chest full of medals and a G.I. loan

They'll be waiting at the station down in San Antone

When Johnny comes marching home

[Chorus]

But when Johnny Come Lately comes marching home

With a chest full of medals and a G.I. loan

They'll be waiting at the station down in San Antone

When Johnny comes marching home