The Letter That Johnny Walker Read

Johnny Walker sat at a table in a bar

Mindin' his own affairs

Drinkin' 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 he walked outside

He was thinkin' of his wife and little children at home

And how his drinkin' had ruined their lives

Then John, he started off, off into that street light

And a vision filled his poor, poor heart with dread

For it was him, lying drunk there in that gutter

Clutchin' in his had the letter that Johnny Walked read

And 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 gotta be fed

Oh, and John, if you don't hurry back I'll be gone