The Letter That Johnny Walker Read - 1991 Digital Remaster
Johnny Walker sat at a table in a bar
Minding his own affairs
Drinking his namesake over the rocks
He was drunk, too drunk to care
When a girl from the bar walked up beside him
And this is what she said
She said, "A woman came by with a letter for you
And this is what the letter said"
Dear John
Please, Johnny, please come home
I need your love and the kids, they gotta be fed
And John, if you don't hurry back I'll be gone
Yes, that's what the letter said
The letter that Johnny Walker read
Then John, he got up from the table
Slowly, so slowly he walked outside
He was thinking of his wife and little children back home
And how his drinking had ruined their lives
Then John, he stared off, off into that street light
And a vision filled his poor, poor heart with dread
For you see folks it was him lying drunk there in that gutter
Clutching in his hand, the letter that Johnny Walker read
And this is what it said
Dear John
Please, Johnny, please come home
Mm, I need your love and the kids, they gotta be fed
And John, if you don't hurry back, I'll be gone
Yes, that's what the letter said
The letter that Johnny Walker read
Dear John
Please, Johnny, please come home
I need your love and the kids, they gotta be fed
Oh, and, John, if you don't hurry back, I'll be gone
Minding his own affairs
Drinking his namesake over the rocks
He was drunk, too drunk to care
When a girl from the bar walked up beside him
And this is what she said
She said, "A woman came by with a letter for you
And this is what the letter said"
Dear John
Please, Johnny, please come home
I need your love and the kids, they gotta be fed
And John, if you don't hurry back I'll be gone
Yes, that's what the letter said
The letter that Johnny Walker read
Then John, he got up from the table
Slowly, so slowly he walked outside
He was thinking of his wife and little children back home
And how his drinking had ruined their lives
Then John, he stared off, off into that street light
And a vision filled his poor, poor heart with dread
For you see folks it was him lying drunk there in that gutter
Clutching in his hand, the letter that Johnny Walker read
And this is what it said
Dear John
Please, Johnny, please come home
Mm, I need your love and the kids, they gotta be fed
And John, if you don't hurry back, I'll be gone
Yes, that's what the letter said
The letter that Johnny Walker read
Dear John
Please, Johnny, please come home
I need your love and the kids, they gotta be fed
Oh, and, John, if you don't hurry back, I'll be gone
Credits
Writer(s): Leroy Preston, Ray Benson, Chris Frayne
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Other Album Tracks
Altri album
- Back On The Highway (Live 1985)
- Great American Radio, Vol. 10 (Live)
- Half a Hundred Years
- There You Go Again (feat. Lyle Lovett)
- Take Me Back to Tulsa (feat. George Strait and Willie Nelson)
- Half a Hundred Years
- Better Times - Single
- Stepping Westward (Sausalito , California '73)
- Hot Rod Lincoln
- You're From Texas
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