Johnny Come Lately

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I'm an American, boys, and I've 
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come a long way
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I was born and bred in the USA
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So listen up close, I've got 
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something to say
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Boys, I'm buying this round
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Well it took a little while, but 
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we're in this fight
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And we ain't going home 'til we've 
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done what's right
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We're gonna drink Camden Town dry 
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tonight
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If I have to spend my last pound


[Verse 2]

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When I first got to London it was 
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pourin' down rain
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Met a little girl in the field 
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canteen
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Painted her name on the nose of my 
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plane
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Six more missions I'm gone
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Well I asked if I could stay and 
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she said that I might
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Then the warden came around yelling
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 "turn out the lights"
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Death rainin' down in the London 
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night
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We made love 'til dawn


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[Chorus]

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But when Johnny Come Lately comes 
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marching home
With a chest full of medals and a 
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G.I. loan
           Em                      
They'll be waitin' at the station 
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in San Antone
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When Johnny comes marching home


[Verse 3]

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My P-47 is a pretty good ship
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And she took a round comin' 'cross
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 the channel last trip
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I was thinkin' 'bout my baby and 
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letting her rip
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Always got me through so far
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Well they can ship me all over this
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 great big world
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But I'll never find nothing like my
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 North End girl
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I'm taking her home with me one 
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day, sir,
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Soon as we win this war


[Chorus]

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But when Johnny Come Lately comes 
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marching home
With a chest full of medals and a 
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G.I. loan
           Em                      
They'll be waitin' at the station 
  C     G
in San Antone
                  D        G
When Johnny comes marching home


[Verse 4]

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Now my granddaddy sang me this song
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Told me about London when the 
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blitz was on
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How he married Grandma and 
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brought her back home,
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A hero throughout his land
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Now I'm standin' on a runway in San
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 Diego
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A couple purple hearts and I move a
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 little slow
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There's nobody here, maybe nobody 
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knows
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About a place called Viet - nam


[Chorus] (x2)

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But when Johnny Come Lately comes 
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marching home
With a chest full of medals and a 
D
G.I. loan
           Em                      
They'll be waitin' at the station 
  C     G
in San Antone
                  D        G
When Johnny comes marching home