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Johnny Come Lately by Steve Earle from the album Copperhead Road
FI'm an American, boys, and I've come a long Fway I was Fborn and bred in the GUSA So Amlisten up close, I've got Fsomething to Fsay Boys, I'm buying this Ground Well it Ftook a little while, but we're in this Ffight And we Fain't going home 'til we've Gdone what's right We're Amgonna drink Camden Town Fdry tonFight If I have to spend Gmy last Fpound
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 FJohnny Come Lately comes Fmarching home With a chest full of medals and a GG.I. loan They'll be Amwaitin' at the station in FSan AnFtone When Johnny comes Gmarching Fhome
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)