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Johnny Wide​-​Awake

from The Friendly Skies by Mulberry Coach

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thx to Charlie McCoy/Dylan (bass lick from “As I Went Out One Morning”)

lyrics

Johnny prowled the streets at midnight scoffing at every law
He didn’t like the odors, he didn’t like what he saw
Some said Johnny was a disaster in the offing
He couldn’t sleep so he took to living in a coffin
That’s a bad bad bad mistake
For Johnny Wide-Awake

The night it all came tumbling down, he’d been up for ninety hours
Practicing the Creole tongue and on the lookout for higher powers
He saw his opportunity with the Haitian Voudoun queen
“Alors, ’ti bébé” was all he said before she turned mean
That’s a big big big headache
For Johnny Wide-Awake
Big headache for Johnny Wide-Awake

Cos now he’s got forensics just dripping everywhere
A genuine policeman’s ball and chain would surely soon be there
Johnny wants to stagger home and just go to bed
But he has to stay awake until he wakes up dead
That’s a real real real tough break
For Johnny Wide-Awake

Oh no you can’t do without your dreams
Without dreams the world is only as it seems
Now many brothers fell asleep
But this was a vigil Johnny would keep
Lost to memory, lost to love
These are the temptations he rose above

20 out of 24, I stood my watch, he said
As I leaned over him that night, handcuffed to his hospital bed
Oh yes, he told me, my eyes are wide, you’ll never blind me now
I’m going all the way, although they’ll hate me anyhow

He’s aware of every unconscious process
When his head hits the pillow he tosses and tosses
And turns and turns – the pilot light burns
He’ll never dream again
That’s a bad mistake
For Johnny Wide-Awake
Big headache
Johnny Wide-Awake
Real tough break
Johnny Wide-Awake

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from The Friendly Skies, released April 10, 2023

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