Lyric & Midi information ***************************************************** Song Title * 3589SO: Johnny Come Lately Performed By * Steve Earl Composer(s) * Publisher * . Unauthorised copying is illegal Programmer * � 1996 Steven Owen (Distributed Under License) *******************************************
I'M AN AMERICAN VOICE - COME A LONG WAY I WAS BORN AND BRED IN THE USA SO LISTEN UP CLOSE I GOT SOMETHIN' TO SAY - CAUSE I'M BUYIN' THIS ROUND
WELL IT TOOK A LITTLE WHILE BUT WE'RE IN THIS FIGHT AINT GOIN' HOME TILL WE DONE WHAT'S RIGHT GONNA DRINK CAMPIN' TOWN DRY TONIGHT - IF I HAVE TO SPEND MY LAST BOUT
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 ROUND AN HE SHUT OUT THE LIGHT BELLS RINGIN' OUT ON THE LONDON NIGHT - WE MADE LOVE TILL DAWN
REPEAT CHORUS:
WELL WHEN JOHNNY COME LATELY COMES MARCHIN' HOME WITH A CHEST FULL OF MEDALS AND A GI LOAN THEY'LL BE WAITIN' AT THE STATION DOWN AT SAN ANTONE SINGIN' JOHNNY COME MARCHIN' HOME
MY P 47 IS A PRETTY GOOD SHIP - SHE TOOK A RIDE COMIN' CROSS THE CHANNEL LAST TRIP WAS THINKIN' BOUT MY BABY AND LETTIN' HER RIP - I WAS COMIN' THROUGH SO FAST
WELL THEY CAN SHIP ME ALL OVER THIS GREAT BIG WORLD NEVER FOUND NOTHIN' LIKE A NORTH END GIRL TAKIN' HER HOME WITH A ONE DAY SERVE - SOON AS WE WIN THIS WAR
REPEAT CHORUS:
NOW MY GRAND DADDY SANG THIS SONG - TOLD ME BOUT LONDON WHEN THE BLITZ WAS ON HOW HE MARRIED GRAMMA AND BROUGHT HER BACK HOME - A HERO THROUGHOUT THIS LAND
NOW STANDIN' ON A RUNWAY AT SAN DIEGO - CRIPPLED PURPLE HEARTS WHO MOVE A LITTLE SLOW NOBODY HERE MAYBE NOBODY KNOWS - BOUT A PLACE CALLED VIETNAM
REPEAT CHORUS TWICE ******************************************* Time * 3:39 Length * 160 Bars Tempo * 172 Bpm (Average) Key * G Major