The Letter

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 at home
And how his drinking
Had ruined their lives

Then John, he stared off
Off into that street light
In a vision, filled his poor poor heart with dread
For you see folks it was him, lying drunk there in the gutter
Clutching in his little ol' hand
The letter that Johnny Walker read
This is what it 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

Dear, John
Please, Johnny, please come home
I need your love and
The kids, they've 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

Yes, that's what the letter said
The letter that Johnny Walker read
Yes, that's what the letter said
The letter that Johnny Walker read