[ti:The Letter That Johnny Walker Read (Digitally Remastered 03)]
[ar:Asleep At The Wheel]
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[00:00.00]The Letter That Johnny Walker Read (Digitally Remastered 2003) - Asleep At The Wheel
[00:11.16]Johnny walker sat at a table in a bar
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[00:15.15]Minding his own affairs
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[00:19.13]Drinking his namesake over the rocks
[00:22.63]He was drunk too drunk to care
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[00:26.50]When a girl from the bar walked up beside him
[00:31.05]And this is what she said
[00:33.02]
[00:33.66]She said a woman came by with a letter for you
[00:38.31]And this is what the letter said
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[00:44.58]Dear john please johnny please come home
[00:49.34]
[00:51.06]I need your love and the kids they gotta be fed
[00:54.78]
[00:57.63]And john if you don't hurry back I'll be gone
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[01:03.59]Yes that's what the letter said
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[01:06.76]The letter that johnny walker read
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[01:22.13]Then john he got up from the table
[01:27.38]
[01:30.79]Slowly so slowly he walked outside
[01:37.09]
[01:38.34]He was thinking of his wife and little children back at home
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[01:45.98]And how his drinking had ruined their lives
[01:51.62]
[01:55.74]Then john he stared off off into that street light
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[02:02.38]And a vision filled his poor poor heart with dread
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[02:10.15]For you was him
[02:12.18]
[02:13.16]Lying drunk there in that gutter
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[02:18.32]Clutching in his little own hand
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[02:20.42]The letter that johnny walker read
[02:22.52]
[02:23.89]And this is what it said
[02:25.25]
[02:26.37]Dear john please johnny please come home
[02:31.76]
[02:33.26]I need your love and the kids they gotta be fed
[02:38.59]
[02:40.49]And john if you don't hurry back I'll be gone
[02:45.20]
[02:46.50]Yes that's what the letter said
[02:48.26]
[02:49.67]The letter that johnny walker read
[02:52.29]
[02:54.95]Dear john please johnny please come home
[02:59.83]
[03:01.64]I need your love and the kids they gotta be fed