(Lyrics in search of a tunesmith.)
FOUR SONGS FOR THE WAR
TORN
Johnny Came Home Last
Night
(Her song)
Johnny
came home last night
Johnny
got his gun
Johnny
came home last night
Johnny
doesn't run
It's
high and it's bright
Where
we once had fun
But
he's not the same man
And
it's not the same sun
When
I look in the mirror it's pain that I feel
I
look in his eyes and there's nobody there
Johnny
came home last night
Johnny
got his gun
Johnny
came home last night
Johnny
doesn't run
My
friends say he's different
I
hate what I've seen
Our
little girl cries
I
hate where he's been
I've
a family to keep and a lie to maintain
I
look in his eyes and there's nobody there
Johnny
came home last night
Johnny
got his gun
Johnny
came home last night
Johnny
doesn't run
They
tell of the sacrifice
That
stands for our pride
Of
god and his glory
Of
hosts on our side
But
I stand here alone, black and empty inside
I
look in his eyes and there's nobody there
Johnny
came home last night
Johnny
got his gun
Johnny
came home last night
Johnny
doesn't run
It's
questions I've got
About
why we're alive
The
wounds and the killing
And
how to survive
Empty
words and false promises, love that is hate
I
look in their eyes and there's nobody there
Johnny
came home last night
Johnny
got his gun
Johnny
came home last night
Johnny
doesn't run
Johnny
got his gun
Johnny
doesn't run
Johnny
got his gun
Johnny
doesn't run
Repeat,
etc.
The line 'Johnny got his
gun' is taken from the screenwriter Dalton Trumbo's anti-war novel (1939) and
film (1971) of the same name.
Johnny Came Home Last
Night
(Our song)
Johnny
came home last night
Johnny
got his gun
Johnny
came home last night
Johnny
doesn't run
It's
high and it's bright
Where
they once had fun
But
he's not the same man
And
it's not the same sun
When
she looks in the mirror it's pain that she feels
She
looks in his eyes and there's nobody there
Johnny
came home last night
Johnny
got his gun
Johnny
came home last night
Johnny
doesn't run
Her
friends say he's different
She
hates what she's seen
Their
little girl cries
She
hates where he's been
She's
a family to keep and a lie to maintain
She
looks in his eyes and there's nobody there
Johnny
came home last night
Johnny
got his gun
Johnny
came home last night
Johnny
doesn't run
They
tell of the sacrifice
That
stands for our pride
Of
god and his glory
Of
hosts on our side
But
she stands there alone, black and empty inside
She
looks in his eyes and there's nobody there
Johnny
came home last night
Johnny
got his gun
Johnny
came home last night
Johnny
doesn't run
It's
questions I've got
About
why we're alive
The
wounds and the killing
And
how to survive
Empty
words and false promises, love that is hate
I
look in our eyes and there's nobody there
Johnny
came home last night
Johnny
got his gun
Johnny
came home last night
Johnny
doesn't run
Johnny
got his gun
Johnny
doesn't run
Johnny
got his gun
Johnny
doesn't run
Repeat,
etc.
Johnni Came Home Last
Night
(And her song)
Johnni
came home last night
Johnni
got her gun
Johnni
came home last night
Johnni
doesn't run
So
soft and so sweet
Where
I once lay down
But
the smell's not the same
Someday
I may drown
When
I look in the mirror it's pain that I feel
I
look in my eyes but I've got to go on
Johnni
came home last night
Johnni
got her gun
Johnni
came home last night
Johnni
doesn't run
I've
been to a place
Where
men have their way
No
kindness no grace
And
nothin' to say
I've
a family to keep and a lie to maintain
He's
taken it all and left memory black
Johnni
came home last night
Johnni
got her gun
Johnni
came home last night
Johnni
doesn't run
Men
speak of the wounded
The
soldiers and more
But
a woman's alone
When
she goes to their war
So
I stand here alone, hurt and angry inside
They've
taken my body and chipped at my pride
Johnni
came home last night
Johnni
got her gun
Johnni
came home last night
Johnni
doesn't run
Now
what would you say
If
I asked what you thought
I've
done what they asked
Is
it all for naught?
I've
looked in their eyes and there's nobody there
It's
takin' that does it, leaves nothin' to share
Johnni
came home last night
Johnni
got her gun
Johnni
came home last night
Johnni
doesn't run
Johnni
got her gun
Johnni
doesn't run
Johnni
got her gun
Johnni
doesn't run
Repeat,
etc.
Johnny Came Home Last
Night
(Their song)
Johnny
came home last night
Johnny
got his gun
Johnny
came home last night
Johnny
doesn't run
He's
a man with our mission
It
better be done
We'll
give him a medal
The
son of a gun
His
wife and his family we'll praise to the skies
With
lies we believe in when everyone's looking
Johnny
came home last night
Johnny
got his gun
Johnny
came home last night
Johnny
doesn't run
He's
a man to be proud of
When
things are alright
But
when it goes wrong
We're
outta sight
He's
a man with respect, the son of his father
He'll
act without asking and do what is right
Johnny
came home last night
Johnny
got his gun
Johnny
came home last night
Johnny
doesn't run
We
tell of his sacrifice
That
stands for our pride
Of
god and his glory
Of
hosts on our side
But
when he comes home with the hurt of the war
He's
a figure we figure to keep by the books
Johnny
came home last night
Johnny
got his gun
Johnny
came home last night
Johnny
doesn't run
No
questions we ask
That
might raise a ruckus
The
answers, the truth
Would
most likely fuck us
We're
human of course and feel all the pain
His
not to reply, nor reason why, his to do and to die
Johnny
came home last night
Johnny
got his gun
Johnny
came home last night
Johnny
doesn't run
Johnny
got his gun
Johnny
doesn't run
Johnny
got his gun
Johnny
doesn't run
Repeat,
etc.
The line ' His not to
reply, nor reason why, his to do and die' is after Alfred Lord Tennyson's
narrative poem 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' (1854) based on the Battle of
Balaclava during the Crimean War (1853-1856).
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