Johnny take me home

I crack a beer and watch the sun go down
From my bedsit room in a dingy little town
My attention drifts to a photo taped upon the door
And I avert my gaze...

It was a picture we took in the photomat before the dance
It was the night that your body language said that I had a chance
Oh how we danced all night to the beat of the band
And you looked into my eyes - you kissed me and squeezed my hand
And you said...

Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, won't you take me home.
Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, won't you take me home.
Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, won't you take me home.
Oh, Johnny - take me home.

Sometimes after work we would stroll in the park
An' we'd lie in the shade of a tree until the sky grew dark
An' I'd hope you'd say those words that'd make my heart pound
An' I'd shuffle my feet, clear my throat and stare at the ground
And you'd say...

Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, won't you take me home.
Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, won't you take me home.
Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, won't you take me home.
Oh, Johnny - take me home.

Well that was long ago, and this is today
I took a job in this town and you moved away
Now I keep your photograph upon the wall
The one that we took at the photomat outside the mall
And those eyes they take me back, take me back...

Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, won't you take me home.
Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, won't you take me home.
Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, won't you take me home.
Oh, Johnny - take me home.

Lyrics by Stephen Goodfellow 1987