![Sweet Johanna - Levon Helm](https://cdn.muztext.com/i/328475116803925347.jpg)
Date of issue: 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 |
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Ophelia | 2010 |
Chest Fever | 2010 |
The Weight | 2010 |
A Train Robbery | 2010 |
Evangeline | 2010 |
Fannie Mae | 2010 |
No Depression In Heaven | 2010 |
Baby Scratch My Back | 2010 |
Tongue ft. Levon Helm | 2011 |
Back To Memphis | 2010 |
Wide River to Cross | 2010 |
You Better Move On | 2008 |
Deep Elem Blues | 2010 |
Anna Lee | 2010 |
Poor Old Dirt Farmer | 2006 |
The Blind Child | 2006 |
Little Birds | 2006 |