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Johnny Come Lately by Steve Earle from the album Copperhead Road
GI'm an American, boys, and I've come a long Cway I was Gborn and bred in the DUSA So Emlisten up close, I've got Csomething to Gsay Boys, I'm buying this Dround Well it Gtook a little while, but we're in this Cfight And we Gain't going home 'til we've Ddone what's right We're Emgonna drink Camden Town Cdry tonGight If I have to spend Dmy last Gpound
When I first got to London it was pourin' 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 Well I asked if I could stay and she said that I might Then the warden came around yelling "turn out the lights" Death rainin' down in the London night We made love 'til dawn
(chorus) But when CJohnny Come Lately comes Gmarching home With a chest full of medals and a DG.I. loan They'll be Emwaitin' at the station in CSan AnGtone When Johnny comes Dmarching Ghome
My P-47 is a pretty good ship And she took a round comin' 'cross the channel last trip I was thinkin' 'bout my baby and letting her rip Always got me through so far Well they can ship me all over this great big world But I'll never find nothing like my North End girl I'm taking her home with me one day, sir, Soon as we win this war (repeat chorus) 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 his land Now I'm standin' on a runway in San Diego A couple purple hearts and I move a little slow There's nobody here, maybe nobody knows About a place called Vietnam (repeat chorus 2x)