Richard Thompson Johnny's Far Away lyrics

Richard Thompson
Sweet Warrior
Johnny's Far Away
Johnny's joined a ceilidh band
They're known quite well throughout the land: The Drones
The Drones have signed upon a cruise
And Tracy's laying in the booze back home

She's got herself another man, a smoothy
While the kids are in the front room watching movies
She's got him in a headlock, in an armlock, in a jam
She says I can't express myself with my old man

While Johnny's far away on the rolling, rolling
Johnny's far away on the rolling sea
Johnny's far away on the rolling, rolling
Johnny's far away on the rolling sea
On the rolling sea On the rolling sea

Johnny's cruising out to sea
And he believes in chastity, for some
The wealthy widows bill and coo
He fends off one or two and then succumbs
Well they're hard in pirate ports in the Bahamas
He's turning her right out of her pyjamas
He's turned her every which way, to the rhythm of the sea
He says I can't express myself with my old lady


While Johnny's far away on the rolling, rolling
Johnny's far away on the rolling sea
Johnny's far away on the rolling, rolling
Johnny's far away on the rolling sea
On the rolling sea On the rolling sea

Johnny's home he opens up the door
While someone's sneaking out the back
And Tracy says you look so poorly,
Sores and all, you ought to see the quack
She wipes the kip from off the kiddies' noses
And he charms her with eleven battered roses
And by and by they get down to the job of man and wife
Back to the old comforts of the missionary life

While Johnny's far away on the rolling, rolling
Johnny's far away on the rolling sea
Johnny's far away on the rolling, rolling
Johnny's far away on the rolling sea
On the rolling sea
On the rolling sea
On the rolling sea
On the rolling sea