Handsome John (Live)
I didn't know him as well as I tell everyone I did
Hell, he was nearly 50, 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
The next time I saw him, he walked off to paradise
In a way that I would say that I'm still taken for a vice
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
Well, the last time that 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-oh, boy
Oh-oh-oh, boy
Hell, he was nearly 50, 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
The next time I saw him, he walked off to paradise
In a way that I would say that I'm still taken for a vice
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
Well, the last time that 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-oh, boy
Oh-oh-oh, boy
Credits
Writer(s): Todd Daniel Snider
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