When I stole all her money from her Southern Trust
And put her little boy aboard a Greyhound bus
Leaving Louisiana for the Golden West
Down came the tears from her 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 Bye I said bye bye Johnny,
bye bye Johnny McGoon
Wish he would never make her money from gathering crops
And buying Johnny's guitar from a broken shop
As long as he would play it by the railroad
I wouldn't get in trouble, she'd be satisfied.
Never thought there'd ever come a day like this,
when she would have to give her son a goodbye kiss.
Said bye,
bye, bye, bye.
Bye,
bye, bye, bye.
I said bye, bye Johnny.
Bye, bye Johnny, be good.
Be good.
Well,
she finally got the letter she'd been dreaming of.
Johnny wrote him, 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 roar,
she'd be standing,
waiting at the kitchen door.
Saying bye,
bye, bye, bye.
Bye,
bye,
bye, bye.
Said bye, bye Johnny.
Bye, bye Johnny, be good.
Bye,
bye, bye, bye.
I said bye,
bye, bye, bye.
Said bye, bye Johnny.
Bye, bye Johnny, be good.
I said bye,
bye, bye, bye.
Said bye,
bye Johnny.
Bye, bye Johnny, be good.
I said bye,
bye, bye, bye.
I said bye, bye, bye, bye.
Bye bye, bye bye
Bye bye, Johnny
Bye bye, Johnny, big gun
Say bye bye, bye bye
Bye bye, bye bye
Say bye bye, Johnny Bye bye, Johnny, big gun