Handsome John

I didn't know him as well as I tell everyone I did

Hell he was nearly fifty and I was only a kid

But even way back in those missing years when he was still just catching on

There was nobody better than Handsome John

Oh boy

Look no further for your real McCoy

Here comes the singing mailman from Maywood, Illinois

Oh boy

The next time I saw him he walked off to paradise

In a way that I would say that I still take for advice

For with a plain spoken word and a simple melody

You can see this world with dignity

Oh boy

Look no further for your real McCoy

Here comes the singing mailman from Maywood, Illinois

Oh boy

The last time I saw him he danced off to lake Marie

When I realized I was crying out in tears of victory

For with a few still missing and a new one coming on

There was still nobody better than Handsome John

Oh boy

Look no further for your real McCoy

Here comes the singing mailman from Maywood, Illinois

Oh boy

Oh boy