The Scribes – Jonny Wayne Lyrics
Lyrics
Verse 1
- Jonny was a youngling who was brought up in the Southern state of Texas/
- Dad has left us so he only knows his mother/
- Wakes up early every morning/ Break of dawn and makes her breakfast/
- 'Cause she has not left her bed since Daddy's very early exit/
- Jonny never knew him just the ruin he was leaving/
- Not a photo left at home so wouldn't know him if he'd seen him/
- Mum is quiet on the subject he doesn't object till her breathing/
- Becomes tight upon her lungs and doctors visit every evening/
- Jonny hates his lessons 'cause he's different to the others/
- Stayed at home and had no brothers so his social skills were smothered/
- Played alone and so he stutters b b bullies make him suffer/
- So he's grateful least at first to stay at home and nurse his mother/
- Jonny's really trying but she's dying whilst regretting/
- Loving someone who's a drunken mess who left whilst she was pregnant/
- No she cannot let her son know that his Daddy was a junkie/
- So she uses her last breath to say “Your Daddy was John Wayne”/
Hook 1
- And as she slipped away she told him that he would have been there if he could/
- But it was out of his control/
- And she said when I'm gone you've got to try to grow up to be just like him/
- You've got to be kind and strong/
- You've got to be one of the good guys son 'cause there's too many of the bad ones/
Verse 2
- Jonny's turning eighteen now he feels like he's escaping/
- From the care of state that caged him and the others there who plagued him/
- No one there believed him that his Dad's a cowboy said he's faking/
- And his Daddy's just a vagrant but his belief was not shaken/
- Jonny gets a job and wants to be just like his Dad was/
- Son you've got to be a good guy there's too many of the bad ones/
- So he's kind and strong and silent like the heroes in the westerns/
- All of which attracts attention of the girl who works reception/
- Jonny's very awkward but she's talking to him kindly/
- She reminds him of his mother so he follows her so blindly/
- Friday night she hits the bar and whispers “Jonny boy come find me”/
- So he dresses in his best and steps out thinking of what might be/
- Jonny slowly steps in with his Stetson and his chaps are on/
- Complete with matching pistols but his wishful thoughts don't last that long/
- The locals they start laughing and he sees her as she laughs along/
- Like “Jonny boy's a cowboy though his Daddy was a vagabond/
Hook 2
- And as she laughs and as the good ol' boys in the bar mock Jonny's Stetson and replica pistols/
- He turns and leaves their taunts following him down the street as he walks into the cold night/
- Their laughter ringing in his ears and he goes home alone/
Verse 3
- Jonny wears a Stetson so he's definitely western/
- Though he cannot be a cowboy no it's only an obsession/
- So his girlfriend up and left him 'cause he will not stop obsessing/
- Now he's sat in watching John Wayne drinking whiskey and depression/
- Never been aggressive but his pistol's looking tempting/
- Wears the holster into town and now he's feeling somewhat empty/
- Swears the other men are laughing as he passes with his lasso/
- They drive cars and mock his horses and his Texas ranger tattoos/
- Jonny's never bad news always harmless a bit simple/
- But these people keep on laughing and he's alone with no kin folk/
- So these locals they poke all their fun and make their jokes at Jonny/
- But it's getting to the stage where all these statements are unfunny/
- Jonny goes back home and grabs the gun he bought of E-bay/
- Silver star upon his chest and Stetson/ Classic western cliché/
- Now he rides up to the locals puts his pistols to their heads/
- And rides into the sunset after everyone is dead/
Hook 3
- If you go outside/
- All those friends in your mind/
- Will forget about you/
- We forgot about you/