When I stole all the money from the Southern Trust
I put a little boy aboard a Greyhound bus
Leaving Louisiana for the Golden West
How can the tears drop of happiness?
Her own little son named Johnny McGoon
Was gonna make some awesome pictures out in Hollywood
Bye,
bye, bye, bye Bye,
bye, bye, bye
I said, bye-bye Johnny Bye-bye Johnny, be good
Well,
she remember making money out from gathering crops
And buying Johnny's guitar from a broken shop
The song that she would play by the railroad side
And wouldn't get in trouble,
she'd be satisfied Never thought that ever come a day like this
When she would have to give her son a goodbye kiss
She said, bye,
bye, bye, bye Bye,
bye, bye, bye
I said, bye-bye Johnny Bye-bye Johnny, be good
Well,
she finally got the letter she'd been
dreaming of Johnny wrote and told her he had
fell in love As soon as he was married he would bring her
back And build a mansion for them by the railroad
track So every time they heard the locomotives
roll They'd be standing waiting at the kitchen door
Saying, bye,
bye, bye, bye Bye,
bye, bye, bye
She said, bye-bye Johnny Bye-bye Johnny, be good
Bye,
bye, bye, bye
I said, bye-bye, bye, bye
She said, bye-bye Johnny Bye-bye Johnny, be good
I said, bye-bye, bye, bye
I said, bye-bye, bye, bye
I said, bye-bye Johnny Bye-bye Johnny, be good
I said, bye-bye, bye, bye
I said, bye-bye, bye, bye
Bye-bye Johnny Bye-bye Johnny, be good
I said, bye-bye, bye, bye
Bye-bye, bye, bye
I said, bye-bye Johnny
Bye-bye Johnny, be good