I'm an American, boys. I've come a long way
I was born and bred in the USA
Boys, I'm buying this round
So listen up close, I've get something to say
We're gonna drink Camden Town dry tonight
Well it took a Little while but we're in this fight
If I have to spend my last pound
And we ain't going home 'til we've done what's right
When I first got to London it was pourin' down rain
Met a Iittle girl in the field canteen
Painted her name on the nose of my plane
Well I asked if I could stay and she said that I might
Six more missions I'm gone
Then the warden came around yelling "shut out the lights"
Death rainin' out of the London night
We made love 'til dawn

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

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

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

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
Now I'm standing on a runway in San Diego
A couple o' Purple Hearts so I move a little slow
About a place called Vietnamain't nobody here, maybe nobody knows

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