Johnny was a boy, and he fell in love
with a girl
But poor Johnny didn't know about the
cruel world
Phoebe was girl, as pretty as you've
ever seen
So tall, slender, dark hair, and eyes
so green
Now her daddy slapped her around
And her mama crawled into a bottle,
wouldn't make a sound
Johnny and Phoebe met by the railroad
track
And Johnny told her about his plan to
take her away from all that
He said, meet me here at midnight
tomorrow
And we'll get away, we'll escape this
land of sorrow
But Phoebe's daddy caught wind of the
scheme
And started to drink and he fuck he got
mean
He went down to railroad track at 11:59
A gun in his hand and something nasty
on his mind
There was Johnny waiting for his
sweetheart
When he saw Phoebe's daddy he aimed to
depart
But Phoebe's daddy shot Johnny down
He gave Johnny a bloody red crown
