The Ballad of Black Johnny

Barely 17, I left my hometown Time to live on the road Spent my money traveling around Gambling on rock 'n' roll Had a ball for a week or three Until the landlord came Street side livin' nearly drove me crazy So then I went home again Empty rooms, empty chairs, broken hearts and hateful stares It's what I found when I came home They're dead or gone, and I'm all alone With empty rooms, empty chairs, broken hearts and hateful stares But don't pity me 'Cause I brought in on myself I met a pretty girl named Georgia It was love at first sight But all her friends and lovers warned me And then she left me durin' the night I went looking for that woman But trouble found me first And when trouble had hit me hard I knew that I had been cursed Empty rooms, empty chairs, broken hearts and hateful stares It's what I found when I came home They're dead or gone, and I'm all alone With empty rooms, empty chairs, broken hearts and hateful stares But don't pity me 'Cause I brought in on myself Black Johnny ain't no mothers son Black Johnny he was born from a gun Deep in sorrow he has lost it all Black Johnny he won't hear you call He's running fast, he's lost his head He won't stop running until he's dead Empty rooms, empty chairs, broken hearts and hateful stares It's what I found when I came home They're dead or gone, and I'm all alone With empty rooms, empty chairs, broken hearts and hateful stares But don't pity me 'Cause I brought in on myself