Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Sweet Johanna , by - Levon Helm. Release date: 31.12.1977
Song language: English
Sweet Johanna |
| Well I came up to the great big city |
| When I was only seventeen |
| Got me a job in a big skyscraper |
| Helping to keep the place clean |
| I tried to save all my money |
| To bring you here someday |
| The neon lights burned holes in my pockets |
| And the money just slipped away |
| Now my sweet Johanna |
| I’m hitchin' on back down to Louisiana |
| Back where I started |
| And I’m poorer than the day I went away |
| Oh, my sweet Johanna |
| I’m coming on home to Louisiana |
| Back where I started |
| 'Cause you might want to live |
| In New York City anyway |
| I went on down to the bar on the corner |
| To have myself a beer |
| «Sweet young hoss, now what about these» |
| I heard it in my ear |
| I had not heard a friendly word |
| In seven months or more |
| So I had to defend my lady friend |
| When somebody called her a whore |
| Now now my sweet Johanna |
| I’m hitchin' a ride back to Louisiana |
| Back where I started |
| And I’m poorer than the day I went away |
| Now my sweet Johanna |
| I’m hitchin' a ride back to Louisiana |
| Just to tell you that |
| You might like to live |
| In New York City anyway |
| Well we all went out to the alley |
| But I woke up all alone |
| An empty wallet, an ache in my head |
| And no place to call home |
| Now my sweet Johanna |
| You know I’m hitchin' a ride back to Louisiana |
| Just to tell you that |
| And I’m poorer than the day I went away |
| Oh, my sweet Johanna |
| I’m coming on back home to Louisiana |
| Just to tell you that |
| You might want to live |
| In New York City anyway |
| Hitchin' on back to Louisiana |
| Back where I started |
| And I’m poorer than the day I went away |
| Oh, my sweet Johanna |
| I’m coming on back home to Louisiana |
| Just to tell you that |
| You might like to live |
| In New York City anyway |