Steve Earle — Johnny Come Lately

[Verse 1] I'm an American, boys I've come a long way I was born and bred in the USA So listen up close I've got somethin' to say Boys, I'm buying this round [Verse 2] Well it took a little while, but we're in this fight And we ain't going home until we've done what's right We're going to drink Camden Town dry tonight If I have to spend my last pound [Verse 3] When I first got to London it was pouring 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 [Verse 4] Well I asked if I could stay and she said that I might Then the warden came around yelling "shut out the lights" Death raining out of the London night We made love 'til dawn [Chorus] But when Johnny Come Lately comes marching home With a chest full of medals and a G.I. loan They'll be waiting at the station down in San Antone When Johnny comes marching home [Verse 5] My P-47 is a pretty good ship And she took a round coming cross the Channel last trip I was thinking about my baby and letting her rip Always got me through so far [Verse 6] Well they can ship me all over this great big world Never find nothing like my North End girl I'm taking her home with me one day, sir Soon as we win this war [Chorus] But when Johnny Come Lately comes marching home With a chest full of medals and a G.I. loan They'll be waiting at the station down in San Antone When Johnny comes marching home Johnny! [Guitar Solo] 1:47 - 2:09 [Verse 7] Now my granddaddy sang me this song Told me about London when the Blitz was on How he married Grandma and brought her back home A hero throughout this land [Verse 8] Now I'm standing on a runway in San Diego A couple purple hearts, so I move a little slow There's nobody here, maybe nobody knows About a place called Vietnam [Chorus] But when Johnny Come Lately comes marching home With a chest full of medals and a G.I. loan They'll be waiting at the station down in San Antone When Johnny comes marching home [Chorus] But when Johnny Come Lately comes marching home With a chest full of medals and a G.I. loan They'll be waiting at the station down in San Antone When Johnny comes marching home