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When Johnny Came Marching Home Songtext

He got off the plane and looked at no one
He walked down the tarmac in the direction of nowhere
He followed the sun as it was setting
Glad to be done with all the bloodletting
There were no banners for the proud and the few
Just workers in airports that do what they do
Fuel up the planes, unload the bags
Along with the coffins all covered in flags
When Johnny came marching home

The town he was from was a dead little place
So he looked for a job somewhere off-base
In this city of pawn shops and hotels and bars
Gas stations, strip clubs, highways and cars
He went to a dive, ordered a beer
Said turn the music up loud so it's all that I hear
Try to rewind, turn back the years
Stop the explosions between my ears
When Johnny came marching home

The jobs were all shit and the beer it was cheap
And besides there was no other way he could sleep
Still the screams and the guns would wake him at night
And he was always on edge and ready to fight
And when he closed his eyes he would just see the face
Of a woman he killed in a far-away place
Over and over, the white of her eye
And her final and terrible terrified cry
When Johnny came marching home

After just a short time his health fell apart
With an ache in the joints and such a thump in the heart
And the doctor just told him it's all in his head
But he couldn't stop drinking or get out of bed
And with no place to go but the wrong way
It was a shock to his ears when he heard himself say
Over and over to anyone within range
Hey mister, can you spare some change
When Johnny came marching home
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Album Waiting for the Fall: A Retrospective (2009)

David Rovics
  1. 1.
    Song for Hugh Thompson
  2. 2.
  3. 3.
  4. 4.
    Jenin
  5. 5.
  6. 6.
  7. 7.
  8. 8.
  9. 9.
    What If You Knew
  10. 10.
  11. 11.
    Everything Looks the Same
  12. 12.
  13. 13.
    Like I Think About You
  14. 14.
  15. 15.
    Falluja
  16. 16.
  17. 17.
    When Johnny Came Marching Home
  18. 18.
    Crashing Down
  19. 19.
  20. 20.
  21. 21.
  22. 22.
    Behind the Barricades
  23. 23.
David Rovics - When Johnny Came Marching Home
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