Johnsons love          Dwight Yokum
Written by: Dwight Yokum
Album: Hillbilly Deluxe   1987

Sent by: William R Salle'
I would like to dedicate this submission of Dwights' song to my late father,
Badwater Bob. Keep on pickin' dad!

JOHNSONS LOVE

Verse 1
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She had left him lost and broken
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Like no other had before
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And now his heart was just a token
                               G
Of the pain it had endured
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And his memories were clouded
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With all the hurtful things she'd said
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Yes fer all intent and purpose
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He might just as well been dead

Chorus
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And some people claim they still hear him call her name
                    D                       C                      G
Hey hey Maureen swear they hear him just that plain
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Deep in the night and sometimes right at dawn
            C
See his body died some years ago
            D                                      G
Around here Mr Johnsons love lives on

Verse 2
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He seemed far away and distant
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With that cold and silent stare
                                C          D
Never moving, never speaking
                                      G
And just barely breathing air
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No one really knew her reason
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And who can judge her right or wrong
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The only true and solomn fact is
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The man we'd known was all but gone

Chorus>>>

Verse 3
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Sissy Thompson said she'd seen him
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Late that night on Shelby road
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About a mile from there they found him
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It seems he died out in the snow
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I hear'd the preacher at the service
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Say from love he's finally free
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But I say love it knows no season
                                  G
It haunts the soul eternally

Chorus>>>
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Yes his body died some years ago around here Mr. Johnsons love lives on...