Steve Earle, The Pogues - Johnny Come Lately lyrics

I'm an American, boys i've come a long way
I was born and bred in the USA
So listen up close i've got somethin' to say
Boys, I'm buying this round

Well it took a little while
But we're in this fight
And we ain't going home until
We've done what's right
We're going to drink Camden Town dry tonight
If I have to spend my last pound

When I first got to London
It was pouring down rain
Met a little girl in the field canteen
Painted her name on the nose of my plane
Six more missions, I'm gone

Well I asked if I could stay
And she said that I might
Then the warden came around yelling
"shut out the lights"
Death raining out of the London night
We made love 'til dawn

But when Johnny Come Lately
Comes marching home
With a chest full of medals and a GI loan
They'll be waiting at the station
Down in San Antone
When Johnny comes marching home

My P-47 is a pretty good ship
And she took a round coming
Cross the Channel last trip
I was thinking about my baby
And letting her rip
Always got me through so far

Well they can ship me all
Over this great big world
Never find nothing like my North End girl
I'm taking her home with me one day, sir
Soon as we win this war

But when Johnny Come Lately
Comes marching home
With a chest full of medals and a GI loan
They'll be waiting at the station
Down in San Antone
When Johnny comes marching home

Johnny!

1: 47 - 2: 09

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 purple hearts
So I move a little slow
There's nobody here, maybe nobody knows
About a place called Vietnam

But when Johnny Come Lately
Comes marching home
With a chest full of medals and a GI loan
They'll be waiting at the station
Down in San Antone
When Johnny comes marching home

But when Johnny Come Lately
Comes marching home
With a chest full of medals and a GI loan
They'll be waiting at the station
Down in San Antone
When Johnny comes marching home