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The runway rushed up at him as he felt the wheels touch down
He stood out on the blacktop and took a taxi into town
He got out down on Main Street and went into a local bar
He bought a drink and found a seat in a corner off the dark
Well she called up her mama to make sure the kids were out of the house
She checked herself out in the dining room mirror
And undid an extra button on her blouse
He felt her lying next to him, the clock said 4:00 am
He was staring at the ceiling
He couldn't move his hands
CHORUS:
Oh mama mama mama come quick
I've got the shakes and I'm gonna be sick
Throw your arms around me in the cold dark night
Hey now mama don't shut out the light
Don't you shut out the light
Don't you shut out the light
Don't you shut out the light
Don't you shut out the light
Well on his porch they stretched a banner that said "Johnny Welcome Home"
Bobby pulled his Ford out of the garage and they polished up the chrome
His mama said "Johnny oh Johnny, I'm so glad to have you back with me"
His pa said he was sure they'd give him his job back down at the factory
Now every evening, well just after supper time
He'd go into the back bedroom and he'd lock the door behind
He'd lie watching a telephone wire stretched out across a chair
Just him and a few habits he'd brought back from over there
(CHORUS)
Well deep in a dark forest, a forest filled with rain
Beyond a stretch of Maryland pines there's a river without a name
In the cold black water Johnson Leneir stands
He stares across the lights of the city and dreams of where he's been
As the grey moon disappears beyond that ??? sign
Stars rise, grow brighter then gone gone gone in the black and endless sky
Like the others before him, he'd gone and done his best
Now he watches the water of that nameless river rise above his chest
(CHORUS)
Born In The USA / Nebraska outtake, played in the Born In The USA and The Ghost Of Tom Joad tours. This outtake has 2 additional verses: "Now every evening..." and "As the grey moon..." that don't exist on the Tracks version.
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