-lyrics by Anne Fearman
-music by Jeremy Gloff
-appears on The Basement Lounge - Hot Lunch (1995)
-appears on Jeremy Gloff and Anne Fearman: Basement Lounge - Hot Lunch (2012)
THE LYRICS:
Johnny
was a sailor - didn’t know nothing about sailing
No no no
Said “I’m gonna take this ship of mine and
I’m gonna sail on out of here"
Hey hey hey
We said “you do that Johnny
You take your ship
And sail on out of here"
Yeah yeah yeah
Well Johnny took his ship away - it’s been three years
I just saw him yesterday
Mighty mighty boy
You went so far and now you’re back
What brought you here mighty boy?
You went so far away and now you’re back
Did you come back to play?
Did you come back to stay?
Did you come back to say “I went away”?
We said “you do that Johnny
You take your ship and sail on out of here"
Hey hey hey
Well Johnny told us stories
Told us all about the great big world
Hey hey hey
Said he saw dragons - he said they climbed aboard
Yeah yeah yeah
“Well Johnny,” we said “You know
you’re full of wish”
Hey hey hey
And Johnny he said “Ain’t gotta put up with this
I’m gonna take my ship and sail away”
“You do that Johnny,” we said
“You sail away
You sail away
You sail away you’ll just be back again"
Nothing is as perfect as the day you left home
Hey hey hey
Nothing is as awful as the day you come back again
No no no
So you laugh and mock ‘cause I never left this town
No no no
At least I never left this town and then came back
To this little hole in the ground
Yeah yeah yeah
You can giggle all you want but Johnny
Don’t you see there’s nothing left for you?
We said “you do that Johnny
You take your ship and sail on out of here.”
Hey hey hey
Well I’ve made my name and I’m pretty well known
around here
I’ve seen their faces and I’ve made friends with
their fears
I know their hatreds and Johnny - you’re one of them
We said “you do that Johnny
You take your ship and sail on out of here.”
Hey hey hey
Johnny was a sailor - didn’t know nothing about sailing
No no no
Said “I’m gonna take this ship of mine and
I’m gonna sail on out of here"
Hey hey hey
We said “you do that Johnny
You take your ship
And sail on out of here"
Yeah yeah yeah
We said “you do that Johnny
You take that ship
And sail on out of here"
Hey hey hey
We said “you do that Johnny
Had just about enough of you.”
